Estimating the prevalence of infections in vector populations using pools of samples

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-371

  Speybroeck, N ^a   Williams, C J ^b   Lafia, K B ^c   Devleesschauwer, B ^a,d   Berkvens, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthropod vector; Model; Pool of samples; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84870392549     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01015.x     Document Type: Review

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