Keywords and phrases: larval indices, house index (HI), container index (CI), Breteau index (BI), receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Received: October 29, 2023; Accepted: December 1, 2023; Published: December 6, 2023
How to cite this article: Sanjay Mulaje, Digambar Zombade and Ramesh Patil, On statistical detection of larval indices: an innovative strategy for control of mosquito-borne diseases in the district of the southwestern region of Maharashtra, Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics 68(1) (2024), 81-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0972086324005
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