Sources of error in the estimation of mosquito infection rates used to assess risk of arbovirus transmission

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1172-1184

  Bustamante, Dulce M ^a   Lord, Cynthia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; INFECTION RATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CULICIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS;

EID: 77953803869     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0323     Document Type: Article

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