Ticks in the wrong boxes: Assessing error in blanket-drag studies due to occasional sampling

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dobson, Andrew D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Blanket dragging; Disease risk; Error; Sampling; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLANKET DRAGGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FIELD STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TICK;

IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ENTOMOLOGY; TICKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889764593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-344     Document Type: Article

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