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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2014 Dec 29;368:67–73. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.12.009

Table 2.

Random variables.

Random
variable		 Description Expression
X0 Number of minority strain cells in the sputum sample assumed mean: ρEmix Eq. (9)
Y0 Number of majority strain cells in the sputum sample assumed mean: 1750 from Core Curriculum for Disease Control (), Palaci et al. (2007) Eq. (8)
XT Number of minority strain cells after specimen handling Eq. (2)
YT Number of majority strain cells after specimen handling Eq. (4)
D Bernoulli random variable representing the test result for mixed infection Eq. (6)
SD Total mixed infection detected in a study with h patients Eq. (7)