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QP

Quantitative Parasitology 2.0

 

This parasitology software provides statistically correct ways

to describe parasitic infection of a sample of hosts, and
to compare parasitic infections between (among) different samples of hosts.

 

free download for Windows (Win 98 and above) 

 

free download for Mac (OS X or above) 

 

QP 2.0 is free for distribution and use in education and science. However, when using it for academic purposes please cite: Reiczigel, J. & Rózsa, L. 2001: Quantitative Parasitology 2.0. Budapest. Distributed by the authors.

As a theoretical background, you can consult and cite:
Rózsa, L., Reiczigel, J. & Majoros, G. 2000: Quantifying parasites in samples of hosts. Journal of Parasitology, 86, 228-232.

Statistical tools available in QP 2.0

to describe parasitic infection of a single sample of hosts:

Descriptive statistics (No. of hosts, prevalence, mean & median intensity, variance/mean)
Exact confidence interval for the prevalence (Clopper - Pearson),
Bootstrap (BCa) confidence interval for the mean intensity (Appendix I),
Exact confidence interval for the median intensity (Appendix II),
Aggregation indices (variance/mean, index of disrepancy, and k of the negative binomial),
Bootstrap (BCa) confidence interval for the mean abundance,

to compare parasitic infections between (or among) two (or more) samples of hosts

Fisher's Exact Test to compare Prevalences,
Chi-square Test to compare Prevalences,
Bootstrap t-Test to compare Mean Intensities (for 2 samples only, Appendix III),
Mood’s Median Test to compare Median Intensities (Appendix IV),
Bootstrap t-Test to compare Mean Abundances (for 2 samples only).

(Appendices are those of the paper cited above.)

Why do we need to use several tests paralelly? Click here to see a Brief Guide

 


All but one statistical modules were designed by J. Reiczigel.
Module "Aggregation indices" was designed by L. Rózsa.

Are you going to develop a new procedure? Please consider sharing it with others.
Send it by an e-mail and we'll publish it for you at this web-site.

BUGS fixed:

There was a mistake slightly affecting results of confidence interval for mean intensity and confidence interval for mean abundance. Unfortunately, due to lack of a minus sign in an "error correction", we doubled the error instead of removing it. Sorry. QP 2.0 downloaded after 02. 04. 2003. is free from this problem.

Contacts

E-mail to J. Reiczigel regarding Statistics & Computation
E-mail to L. Rózsa regarding Parasitology, Epidemiology & Reprints
Click here to see how to insert Your Own Statistical Module into QP 2.0

 

QP 2.0 was supported by:

Hungarian National Scientific Research Found (OTKA T 035150),
Szent István University, Hungary (NKB 2001-KUT-5-018),
Veszprém University, Hungary.

 

Parasitology links

Societies


American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists
American Heartworm Society
The American Society of Parasitologists
The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
The Australian Society for Parasitology
Austrian Society for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Baltic Society for Parasitology
The Belgian Society of Protozoology
The British Society for Parasitology
Canadian Society of Zoologists, Parasitology Section
Chinese Society of Parasitology
Czech Society for Parasitology
Danish Society for Parasitology
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
European Federation of Parasitologists
French Society for Parasitology; Société Française de Parasitologie
German Society for Parasitology; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parasitologie
Helminthological Society of Washington
Hungarian Society of Parasitologists
The Indian Society of Parasitology
International Heteropterists’ Society
The Japanese Society of Parasitology
The Korean Society for Parasitology
Malaria Foundation International
Netherlands Society for Parasitology
New Zealand  Society for Parasitology
Parasitological Society of Southern Africa
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Russian Society of Nematologists
Scandinavian Society for Parasitology
Society for Invertebrate Pathology
Society of Nematologists
Society of Protozoologists
Society for Vector Ecology
Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Wildlife Disease Association
World Federation of Parasitologists

 

Departments, Laboratories & Institutes


Lab. of Parasitology, Lab. of Parasitic Worms, Anthropogenic effects on parasites, Zool. Inst. of RAS, Russia
Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Institut für Zoologie I, Abteilung Parasitologie, Germany
Genetic Parasitology Research Group, Institute for Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany
Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut de Zoologie, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Dept. of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Flanders Interuniv. Inst. for Biotechnology, Gent, Belgium
Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie, Univ. of Düsseldorf, Germany
Functional and Evolutionary Parasitology, Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, Perpignan, France
Laboratory of Biology of Parasites, Protistology and Helminthology, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
Dept. of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural Univ. of Wroclaw, Poland
Evolutionary ecology group, Dieter Ebert, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Inst. of Parasitology, University of Berne, Switzerland
Dept. of Ecological Parasitology, Inst. of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Ukraine
Vince Smith, Div of Env. and Evol. Biol, Inst. of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Parasitology Research Group, The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Univ. of London, UK
Centre for Parasite Biology, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK
Parasitology Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool, UK
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Danmark
Parasitology group at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Institut für Parasitologie und Zoologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
Department of Parasitology and Zoology, Saint Stephen University, Hungary

European Community - Latin American Network for Research on the Biology and Control of Triatominae

Evolutionary Ecology and  Systematics of Birds and Their Lice (aka the Clayton Lab), The University of Utah, USA
Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA, USA
Dept. of Entomology, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, USA
Entomology, Colorado State University, USA
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brasil
Evolutionary Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paran, Brasil
Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, USA
Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Georgia, USA
Cryptosporidium/Coccidial Research,  Parasitology Laboratory, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, USA
Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Leech Lab, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska , Lincoln, USA
Tick Research Laboratory, The University of Rhode Island, USA
Tick biology, University of California, Davis, USA
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Mexico
Medical parasitology at Ferris State University
Chagas Disease, Earth University, Costa Rica

Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Dept. of Parasitology, Bangladesh Agricultural Univ., Bangladesh
Dept. of Parasitology, Inst. of Microbiology, Hebrew Univ. - Haddassah Medical School, Israel
Dept. of Parasitology, Tropical Public Health, Uinv. of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Dept. of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea
Dept. of Parasitology, Univ. of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dept. of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Dept. of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Parasitology at Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Dept. of Microbiology and Parasitology, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
Dept. of Zoology, University of Otago, New-Zealand

Main Resources


BIOSIS
CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases
Google: Parasites
Medical Parasitology Links
Parasitology Online
Parasites and Parasitological Resources, Ohio State University, USA
Description: Ohio State University
Parasites on the Web
PUBMED

Parasitic Diseases, Karolinska Institute Library, Stockholm, Sweden
Medical entomology links
U.S. National Parasite collection
Parasitology Resources, Hellenic  Association of  Dermatology Venerology

Clive Bennett's
David Gibson's
Maxine Hall's
Robert Hutchinson's Veterinary Entomology
Metin Korkmaz's

Research discussions in parasitology (moderated)
TRYPNET: The Haemoparasite Information Network
Parasite Genomes Web Site
Parasite Genome, European Bioinformatics Institute
OnchoNET, the onchocerciasis information repository
Molecular Parasitology Network Web Site
Host-Parasite Database, NHM, London
Para-site Online
Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens
Hypodermosis Database, Unit for Avian Pathology and Parasitology of the INRA Research Centre of Tours-Nouzilly
Phthiraptera Central (Lice)

This page is on-line since 27. 11. 2001. Last udated on  14. 09. 2003.
Maintained by L. Rózsa.

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