Biological and Statistical Heterogeneity in Malaria Transmission

Details Biological and Statistical Heterogeneity in Malaria Transmission Biological and Statistical Heterogeneity in Malaria Transmission

2011-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/1105.2559v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

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In a study of the heterogeneity in malaria infection rates among children Smith et al.1 fitted several mathematical models to data from community studies in Africa. They concluded that 20% of children receive 80% of infections, that infections last about six months on average, that children who clear infections are not immune to new infections, and that the sensitivity and specificity of microscopy for the detection of malaria parasites are 95.8% and 88.4%, respectively. These findings would have important implications for disease control, but we show here that the statistical analysis is unsound and that the data do not support their conclusions.

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