Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10508461 | Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We develop Bayesian zero inflated binomial (ZIB) geostatistical models. ⺠Compared ZIB models with standard analogues to analyze sparse sporozoite data. ⺠Sporozoite rate vary over time and space. ⺠Bayesian ZIB models fit sparse data better than ordinary binomial models.
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Authors
Nyaguara Amek, Nabie Bayoh, Mary Hamel, Kim A. Lindblade, John Gimnig, Kayla F. Laserson, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas Smith, Penelope Vounatsou,