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- Title
Modeling disease vector occurrence when detection is imperfect: infestation of Amazonian palm trees by triatomine bugs at three spatial scales.
- Authors
Abad-Franch, Fernando; Ferraz, Gonçalo; Campos, Ciro; Palomeque, Francisco S; Grijalva, Mario J; Aguilar, H Marcelo; Miles, Michael A
- Abstract
Failure to detect a disease agent or vector where it actually occurs constitutes a serious drawback in epidemiology. In the pervasive situation where no sampling technique is perfect, the explicit analytical treatment of detection failure becomes a key step in the estimation of epidemiological parameters. We illustrate this approach with a study of Attalea palm tree infestation by Rhodnius spp. (Triatominae), the most important vectors of Chagas disease (CD) in northern South America.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 3, pe620
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000620