A Dose-Response Model Assessment of Recreational Water-Borne Microbes Causing Gastroenteritis
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Carroll, Brian
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- Dose-response models were developed for nineteen gastroenteritis-causing microbes. Three dose-response modeling equations were used: linear, linear two-population, and beta-Poisson. Models were fitted to experimental data from a variety of literature sources using a least sum of squares method to derive equation parameters. The deviances of each microbe's equations were calculated to identify those equations that were statistically valid. Of the fitted models, the beta-Poisson equation most frequently provided the best fit to the experimental data and was the only equation that could be fitted to data for 18 of the 19 microbes.
- Date of publication
- May 2005
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- Advisor
- Ball, Louise
- Crawford-Brown, Douglas J.
- Koren, Hillel
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Environmental Management and Policy
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2005
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- 8daa46ae-58bd-4ddf-8097-0c44062f7d48
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