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eggCounts (version 1.4)

Hierarchical Modelling of Faecal Egg Counts

Description

An implementation of hierarchical models for faecal egg count data to assess anthelmintic efficacy. Bayesian inference is done via MCMC sampling using Stan.

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install.packages('eggCounts')

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Version

1.4

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Craig Wang

Last Published

August 3rd, 2017

Functions in eggCounts (1.4)

echinococcus

Faecal egg count sample

eggCounts-package

Hierarchical modelling of faecal egg counts

simData1s

Simulate faecal egg count data (1-sample situation)

simData2s

Simulate faecal egg count data (2-sample situation)

epgs

Faecal egg count samples (before and after treatment)

fec_stan

Modelling of faecal egg count data (one-sample case)

fecrtCI

Compute standard FECRT according to WAAVP guidelines

plotCounts

Plot eggCounts data

fecr_probability

Compute the probability of the reduction parameter relative to the given threshold

fecr_stan

Modelling the reduction of faecal egg count data

stan2mcmc

Convert a Stanfit object to MCMC object

tab1morgan

Abundance of trichostrongyloid eggs in sheep faeces