Estimation of heterogeneity in malaria transmission by stochastic modelling of apparent deviations from mass action kinetics

Table 3 Estimated parameter values

Model for inoculum survival		Units	No imprecision in inoculation rate		Poisson imprecision in inoculation rate		Negative binomial imprecision in inoculation rate
			point estimate	95% interval	point estimate	95% interval	point estimate	95% interval
mass action	S	proportion	0.18	0.15, 0.20	0.18	0.15, 0.20	0.23	0.17, 0.31
facilitation	$E_{f}^{*}$	inoculations/fortnight	13.4	11.8, 15.1	15.1	11.6, 19.2	27.2	10.7, 52.8
facilitation	γ	dimension-less	1.17	1.00, 1.60	1.02	1.00, 1.08	1.00	1.00, 1.01
saturation	g	proportion	0.43	0.39, 0.47	0.65	0.56, 0.77	0.76	0.61, 0.96
saturation	β	fortnights/inoculation	1.89	1.40, 2.51	0.42	0.28, 0.62	0.29	0.17, 0.45
competition	$E_{c}^{*}$	inoculations/fortnight	0.40	0.30, 0.52	0.22	0.10, 0.39	0.01	0.00, 0.03
competition	S _inf	proportion	0.06	0.03, 0.08	0.11	0.07, 0.15	0.06	0.04, 0.09

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