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Table 3 The production and decay/clearance rate parameters for the Circulating Filarial Antigen (CFA) of LF

From: Bayesian calibration of simulation models for supporting management of the elimination of the macroparasitic disease, Lymphatic Filariasis

Study villages

Average

Median

2.5th

97.5th

Production rate

 Masaika

5.69

6.61

4.47

6.61

 Kirare

6.49

6.57

4.89

6.66

 Alebtong

3.81

3.85

2.51

4.61

 Lwala

5.50

5.73

2.97

6.77

 Obalanga

7.02

7.09

6.84

7.16

Decay rate

 Masaika

0.028

0.029

0.027

0.029

 Kirare

0.015

0.015

0.015

0.024

 Alebtong

0.045

0.045

0.037

0.05

 Lwala

0.043

0.044

0.031

0.047

 Obalanga

0.042

0.042

0.032

0.049

Survival period

 Masaika

35.48

34.78

34.78

37.67

 Kirare

65.28

66.51

42.06

67.00

 Alebtong

22.49

22.34

20.29

26.81

 Lwala

23.63

22.87

21.40

31.76

 Obalanga

24.36

23.84

20.56

31.68

  1. These values were obtained from the joint model fits to CFA and mf age-profiles data from five African LF endemic communities. The production and decay rates are, respectively, given in units of per worm per month and per month, while the survival period (ie., the inverse of the decay rate) is in the unit of month