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. 2014 Mar 20;8(3):e2731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002731

Table 1. Model goodness of fits.

Model Description Prior for Inline graphic Log marginal likelihood
1-C no immunity Inline graphic Constant FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −305.3 (Inline graphic) −304.3 (Inline graphic)
1-L no immunity Inline graphic Linear FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −309.3 (Inline graphic) −308.9 (Inline graphic)
1-Q no immunity Inline graphic Quadratic FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −308.1 (Inline graphic) −308.3 (Inline graphic)
1-P no immunity Inline graphic Periodic FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −291.3 (Inline graphic) −291.2 (Inline graphic)
2 lifelong immunity Inline graphic periodic FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −294.3 (Inline graphic) −294.6 (Inline graphic)
3 transient immunity Inline graphic periodic FOI: Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic −294.2 (Inline graphic) −296.0 (Inline graphic)

All parameters other than Inline graphic have diffuse priors as given in the text. The Inline graphic denotes twice the difference between the best log marginal likelihood and each of the other models.