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Statistical design for a small serial dilution series. / Zelterman, Daniel; Tulupyev, Alexander; Heimer, Robert; Abdala, Nadia.
в: Statistics in Medicine, Том 29, № 3, 2010, стр. 411--420.Результаты исследований: Научные публикации в периодических изданиях › статья
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Statistical design for a small serial dilution series
AU - Zelterman, Daniel
AU - Tulupyev, Alexander
AU - Heimer, Robert
AU - Abdala, Nadia
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We describe statistical plans for a serial dilution series designed to detect and estimate the number of viral particles in a solution. The design addresses a problem when a very limited number of aliquots are available for proliferation. A gamma prior distribution on the number of viral particles allows us to describe the marginal probability distribution of all experimental outcomes. We examine a design that minimizes the expected reciprocal information and compare this with the maximum entropy design. We argue that the maximum entropy design is more useful from the point of view of the laboratory technician. The problem and design are motivated by our study of the viability of human immunodeficiency virus in syringes and other equipment that might mediate blood-borne viral transmission.
AB - We describe statistical plans for a serial dilution series designed to detect and estimate the number of viral particles in a solution. The design addresses a problem when a very limited number of aliquots are available for proliferation. A gamma prior distribution on the number of viral particles allows us to describe the marginal probability distribution of all experimental outcomes. We examine a design that minimizes the expected reciprocal information and compare this with the maximum entropy design. We argue that the maximum entropy design is more useful from the point of view of the laboratory technician. The problem and design are motivated by our study of the viability of human immunodeficiency virus in syringes and other equipment that might mediate blood-borne viral transmission.
KW - binomial distribution
KW - entropy
KW - experimental design
KW - harm reduction
KW - hiv infection
KW - syringe exchange
U2 - 10.1002/sim.3774
DO - 10.1002/sim.3774
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 411
EP - 420
JO - Statistics in Medicine
JF - Statistics in Medicine
SN - 0277-6715
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 5288517