Table 6 Fitted distributions for experimental relapse times, Plasmodium vivax malaria
Distribution | Old World, Tropical | Old World, Temperate | New World, Tropical | New World, Temperate | Global fit, All regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | ∆ DIC | ∆ DIC | ∆ DIC | ∆ DIC | ∆ DIC |
Exponential | 112.3 | 121.8 | 39.0 | 106.2 | 147.4 |
Shifted exponential | 86.2 | 80.1 | 13.3 | 103.9 | 134.1 |
Mixture exponential | 109.1 | 121.1 | 40.2 | 106.4 | 144.9 |
Weibull | 138.1 | 221.2 | 111.8 | 212.4 | 190.7 |
Shifted Weibull | 55.6 | 79.2 | 13.2 | 104.5 | 120.0 |
Mixture Weibull | 80.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 14.3 | 5.4 |
Log-normal | 98.5 | 111.1 | 9.0 | 126.4 | 178.9 |
Shifted log-normal | 60.4 | 151.0 | 34.3 | 146.6 | 219.8 |
Mixture log-normal | 75.4 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 4.7 |
Log-logistic | 93.7 | 125.2 | 8.2 | 121.4 | 189.3 |
Shifted log-logistic | 60.5 | 131.9 | 25.2 | 129.8 | 190.1 |
Mixture log-logistic | 94.5 | 126.8 | 9.5 | 122.3 | 4.1 |
Gamma | 112.0 | 94.3 | 9.7 | 104.7 | 130.5 |
Shifted gamma | 54.3 | 80.8 | 15.0 | 105.5 | 131.0 |
Mixture gamma | 86.4 | 25.7 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
Gompertz | 114.0 | 107.8 | 2.7 | 64.1 | 74.9 |
Shifted Gompertz | 89.4 | 79.1 | 0.0 | 63.9 | 73.4 |
   Mixture Gompertz | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
DIC of best-fit model | 144.5 | 1402.0 | 219.6 | 467.17 | 2596.2 |