TICK HOST-SEEKING ACTIVITY AND TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS INCIDENCE: REGRESSION AND HOMOGENEITY

0354862 - BC 2011 RIV SK eng J - Journal Article
Hönig, Václav - Stehlík, M. - Danielová, V. - Daniel, M. - Švec, P. - Grubhoffer, Libor
TICK HOST-SEEKING ACTIVITY AND TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS INCIDENCE: REGRESSION AND HOMOGENEITY.
Journal of applied mathematics, statistics and informatics. Roč. 6, č. 1 (2010), s. 83-88. ISSN 1336-9180
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : regression * optimal design * model selection * homogeneity testing
Subject RIV: EC - Immunology

Data on the distribution of ticks and host-seeking activity of tick populations were acquired within the framework of the project „Ticks and tick-borne infectious diseases under the conditions of South Bohemia and Bavaria“ by terrain work on 30 locations in the South Bohemian region (Czech Republic). The data were statistically analyzed in order to characterize the relationship between the host-seeking activity of tick populations and the number of clinical cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). In this paper we discuss the usage of regression tools for modelling the tcik activity depedant TBE incidence. In particular, we use a logarithmical nonlinear regression model and, for the sake of completeness, also the linear regression. We discuss the heterogeneity of the data with respect to the logarithmic regression fit.
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