Reexamining the pooled sampling approach for estimating prevalence of infected insect vectors

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 827-837

  Ebert, T A ^a   Brlansky, R ^a   Rogers, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

confidence Intervals; Diaphorina; pooling; prevalence; vector

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; LOUSE; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; DIAPHORINA; DIAPHORINA CITRI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; KUWAYAMA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 78649292388     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN09158     Document Type: Article

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