监测分析和样本大小探测器 (SASSE):学习如何规划野生动物疾病监测
Lauren Smith1,2, Joshua Hewitt1,2, Aaron Westmoreland1,2
1National Wildlife Research Center Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture Fort Collins Colorado USA.
Ecology and evolution
|August 18, 2025
概括
野生动物疾病监测对公共卫生和生物多样性至关重要. 一个新的工具,监视分析和样本大小探测器 (SASSE),帮助专业人员设计有效的采样策略来监测野生动物疾病.
科学领域:
- 兽医流行病学 兽医流行病学
- 野生动物健康管理 野生动物健康管理
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
背景情况:
- 有效的野生动物疾病监测对于保护公共卫生,农业和生物多样性至关重要.
- 设计统计上合理的监测计划需要对采样方法和诊断测试评估的专业知识.
- 现有的工具往往缺乏野生动物疾病监测设计所需的可访问性和具体重点.
研究的目的:
- 推出监视分析和样本大小探测器 (SASSE),这是一个野生动物专业人士的交互工具.
- 增强关于样本大小,采样设计和野生动物监测诊断测试性能的统计直觉.
- 为设计高效的野生动物疾病监测系统提供用户友好的解决方案.
主要方法:
- 使用开源R和R Shiny软件开发一个交互式,基于模块的教学工具.
- 纳入关键监测目标:检测,流行率估计和流行病学动态.
- 专注于使用户能够将统计样本大小理论应用于实际监控设计.
主要成果:
- SASSE使广大受众能够设计统计学上强大的野生动物疾病监测.
- 该工具为野生动物专业人员简化了复杂的统计概念的应用.
- 它促进了针对特定监督目标量身定制的有效采样设计的识别.
结论:
- SASSE解决了当前野生动物监测设计方法的关键缺口.
- 该工具增强了野生动物专业人员创建有效和基于统计数据的监测计划的能力.
- 萨斯促进了对野生动物疾病管理和保护工作的更为明智的决策.
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