The problem of auto-correlation in parasitology

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pollitt, Laura C ^a,b   Reece, Sarah E ^a   Mideo, Nicole ^a,b   Nussey, Daniel H ^a   Colegrave, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84861212375     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002590     Document Type: Article

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