Modelling the probability of a single trypanosome infecting a tsetse fly.
A simple model is fitted to recent data on tsetse infection rates to estimate the probability of a single trypanosome infecting a tsetse fly. The model is extended to accommodate a possible clumping of trypanosomes in host blood.
Baker
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Centre for OR and Applied Statistics, University of Salford, U.K.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D008954:Models, Biological; D011336:Probability; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000254:growth & development*; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000469:parasitology*