T the rate () and resistant infections at the rate , where is the happenings rate (see text) and is the rate at which new infections result in clinically manifested symptoms that are treated and resolved prior to the formation of gametocytes. Infected individuals naturally clear resistant infections at rate , and they clear wild-type infections at the rate +, where is the rate of drug treatment. Infected individuals acquire semi-immunity at rate and lose immunity at rate if they are no longer infected. Individuals die from all states at a background rate of μ and are born at rate as nonimmune susceptibles (process not shown).
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Malaria Journal 2008;7():67-67.
Published online 25 Apr 2008
PMCID:PMC2409364.