Sample Size Considerations for One-to-One Animal Transmission Studies of the Influenza A Viruses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yen, Hui Ling ^c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FERRET; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; POWER OF A TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FERRETS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84873104129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055358     Document Type: Article

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