Appendix D. Weekly counts (C) of house finches, estimated encounter probabilities (
: U = uninfected; I =infected ) taken from Faustino et al. (2004), estimated prevalence (
: A = apparent; C = corrected ), and % relative bias (%RB) from November through March 20022003 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
Week |
CU |
CI |
|
|
|
|
%RB |
Nov 9 |
139 |
25 |
0.887 |
0.892 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
0.5 |
Nov 16 |
171 |
22 |
0.105 |
0.103 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
-1.7 |
Nov 23 |
40 |
5 |
0.466 |
0.549 |
11.1 |
9.6 |
15.8 |
Nov 30 |
90 |
19 |
0.777 |
0.631 |
17.4 |
20.6 |
-15.5 |
Dec 7 |
126 |
16 |
0.722 |
0.549 |
11.3 |
14.3 |
-21.3 |
Dec 14 |
102 |
9 |
0.866 |
0.426 |
8.1 |
15.2 |
-46.7 |
Dec 21 |
- |
- |
0.865 |
0.426 |
- |
- |
- |
Dec 28 |
12 |
1 |
0.616 |
0.425 |
7.7 |
10.8 |
-28.6 |
Jan 4 |
65 |
3 |
0.843 |
0.573 |
4.4 |
6.4 |
-30.6 |
Jan 11 |
104 |
17 |
0.450 |
0.275 |
14.0 |
21.1 |
-33.4 |
Jan 18 |
45 |
7 |
0.647 |
0.610 |
13.5 |
14.2 |
-4.9 |
Feb 1 |
22 |
8 |
0.700 |
0.463 |
26.7 |
35.5 |
-24.8 |
Feb 8 |
102 |
19 |
0.542 |
0.265 |
15.7 |
27.6 |
-43.1 |
Feb 15 |
43 |
9 |
0.779 |
0.232 |
17.3 |
41.3 |
-58.1 |
Feb 22 |
69 |
7 |
0.715 |
0.588 |
9.2 |
11.0 |
-16.1 |
Mar 1 |
59 |
9 |
0.997 |
0.539 |
13.2 |
22.0 |
-39.9 |
Mar 8 |
83 |
13 |
0.595 |
0.177 |
13.5 |
34.5 |
-60.7 |
LITERATURE CITED
Faustino, C. R., C. S. Jennelle, V. Connolly, A. K. Davis, E. C. Swarthout, A. A. Dhondt, and E. G. Cooch. 2004. Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection dynamics in a House Finch population: Empirical analysis of seasonal variation, encounter and transmission rate. Journal of Animal Ecology73:651669.