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Profile likelihood for an infectious disease transmission parameter inferred from genetic data on pathogens. The smoothed profile likelihood and corresponding MCAP 95% CI are shown as solid red lines. The quadratic approximation in a neighbourhood of the maximum is shown as a blue dotted line. (Online version in colour.)
