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Fig. 3 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 3

From: Estimating helminth burdens using sibship reconstruction

Fig. 3

Expected mean value and 95% confidence intervals of the estimated number of fecund female worms for increasing number of parental genotypes identified by sibship reconstruction. The number of fecund female worms is denoted N and is plotted against the number of female parental genotypes n identified by sibship reconstruction. The line corresponds to the expected value (mean) E(N) of the estimated number of fecund female worms and the shaded bands denote 95% confidence intervals (CIs). E(N) and 95% CIs are derived from the posterior distribution of N, given n and the number of sampled miracidial offspring m, increasing from 5 to 40 per host, from light to dark blue. The dashed line corresponds to the relationship E(N) = n

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