Upper and Lower Bounds for a Serial Dilution Test

Author: Blodgett Robert J.  

Publisher: AOAC International

ISSN: 1944-7922

Source: Journal of AOAC International, Vol.88, Iss.4, 2005-07, pp. : 1227-1230

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Abstract

A Poisson-binomial model estimates the concentration of a target microbe from a serial dilution test. The maximum likelihood procedure gives an equation whose solution equals the estimate of the concentration. This paper gives bounds for the solution to this equation that require only minimal calculations.

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