Use of the poisson probability mass function in a retrospective evaluation of the worldwide fusarium keratitis epidemic of 2004-2006

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1013-1017

  Bullock, John D ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Corneal infection; Emerging infections; Epidemiology; Fusarium; Keratitis; Poisson distribution; Poisson probability mass function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; HEALTH; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOSES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58149145803     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31817e9072     Document Type: Article

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