Table 6 Calibration results for the children’s age group: demographic and infection data with calibrated model parameters (mean ± SD) for 12 Msambweni villages

Population

602

286

189

281

353

638

557

921

944

720

815

803

Prevalence (%)

71

67

52

51

50

49

43

32

27

25

24

23

Mean Intensity

126

170

113

116

126

91

77

78

46

48

49

46

Human FOI^a

5.9 ± 1.3

5.6 ± 1.4

4.5 ± 1.6

3.2 ± 1.2

4.1 ± 1.5

4.2 ± 1.6

2.3 ± 0.9

2.1 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 1.1

1.9 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 1.5

1.4 ± 1.0

Maximum fecundity variable, ρ₀

25 ± 8

43 ± 11

36 ± 13

44 ± 13

45 ± 13

33 ± 13

36 ± 12

48 ± 15

40 ± 15

45 ± 15

45 ± 15

46 ± 14

Crowding threshold variable, w₀

116 ± 47

127 ± 42

118 ± 43

123 ± 43

123 ± 42

118 ± 43

123 ± 43

128 ± 43

125 ± 45

130 ± 45

130 ± 44

129 ± 46

Aggregation

0.03 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.03

0.05 ± 0.03

0.04 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.03