Absence reduction in entomological surveillance data to improve niche-based distribution models for Culicoides imicola

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-28

  Peters, J ^a   De Baets, B ^a   Van doninck, J ^a   Calvete, C ^b   Lucientes, J ^c   De Clercq, E M ^d   Ducheyne, E ^d   Verhoest, N E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Discriminant analysis; Epidemiology; Logistic regression; Prevalence; Random Forests; Spatial analysis; Species distribution model (SDM)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPAIN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPAIN;

CULICOIDES IMICOLA;

EID: 79955524448     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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