Evaluating faecal egg count reduction using a specifically designed package "eggCounts" in R and a user friendly web interface

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 299-303

  Torgerson, Paul R ^a   Paul, Michaela ^a   Furrer, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Bayesian hierarchical model; Faecal egg count reduction test; Mathematical techniques; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EGG; FECES; PROBABILITY; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING ERROR; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA;

ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; FAECAL EGG COUNT REDUCTION TEST; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FECES; INTERNET; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84897051211     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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