capture-recapture method

originally, a technique developed by biologists to track wild animal populations; now adapted for epidemiologic studies of elusive human populations (for example, prostitutes, teen runaways, injecting drug users).

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cap·ture-re·cap·ture meth·od

(kapchŭr-rēkap-chŭr methŏd)

At first, a technique developed by biologists to track wild animal populations; now adapted for epidemiologic studies of elusive human populations (e.g., prostitutes, teen runaways, injecting drug users).

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They team adapted a capture-recapture method, traditionally used in ecology to monitor species populations, to "tag" stem cells and compare them to the population of blood cells.

Turns Out, Humans Have 10 Times More Blood-Making Stem Cells Than Once Thought: Discovery Shows There Are Hundreds Of Thousands

Objective: To assess the application of capture-recapture method as a potential strategy to estimate the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Karachi, Pakistan: Estimation through the capture-recapture method

For striped hyena methods like questionnaire surveys, extrapolation, Lincoln index, identification of individuals and tracks, signs and vocalizations (Mills 1998) and capture-recapture method using photo camera trap (Karanth 1995) may be used.

Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) status and factors affecting its distribution in the Gir National Park and Sanctuary, India

Wildlife specialists explain spatial capture-recapture (SCR), also called spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR), as a new approach that will revolutionize the century-old capture-recapture method of estimating the population density of wild animals.

Spatial Capture-Recapture

Abuses of mathematical techniques in ecology: applications of Jolly's capture-recapture method. Oikos 40:155-158.

Estimating abundance of adult Trachemys scripta with camera traps: accuracy, precision and probabilities of capture for a closed population

Estimating the number of HIV-infected injection drug users in Bangkok: a capture-recapture method. Am J Public Health.

Guillain-Barre syndrome surveillance during national influenza vaccination campaign, New York, USA, 2009

The capture-recapture method of estimating the size of a target group provides the opportunity to obtain national estimates and thus determine the contribution of MSM to the burden of HIV in Nigeria.

Estimating the number of male sex workers with the capture-re-capture technique in Nigeria

The Prevalence Survey, Incidence study through capture-recapture method and Drug Prevalence Survey results should be out soon to outline the exact proportions of the burden.

World TB Day being observed today to 'Stop TB in our Lifetime'

The completeness of meningococcal disease reporting was estimated by the Sekar-Deming capture-recapture method (3) ([section]) (Table 2).

Completeness and timeliness of reporting of meningococcal disease--Maine, 2001-2006

The first is the importance of animal sentinels and the second is the potential of the capture-recapture method (CRM) (also called the mark-recapture method) for determining the number of homes with lead-based paint.

Exposure to lead and an old way of counting