Sample size determination for estimating antibody seroconversion rate under stable malaria transmission intensity

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sepúlveda, Nuno ^a,b   Drakeley, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bias; Precision; Sample size; Seroconversion rate; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROCONVERSION; BIOSTATISTICS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOSTATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALARIA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 84928749946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0661-z     Document Type: Article

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