Host type
# of Doses
3.00
Μodel
k
7.18E-08
LD50/ID50
9.66E+06
Dose Units
Response
Agent Strain
type 2,attenuated
Exposure Route
Experiment Dataset
Description: 
Chimpanzee data(Poliovirus type2) [1]
Dose INFECTED NON-INFECTED Total
15800 0 2 2
1580000 1 2 3
1.58E+07 5 3 8

 

Goodness of fit and model selection
Model Deviance Δ Degrees 
of freedom
χ20.95,1 
p-value
χ20.95,m-k 
p-value
Exponential 1.21 1.17 2 3.84 
0.279
5.99 
0.547
Beta Poisson 0.0337 1 3.84 
0.854
Exponential is preferred to beta-Poisson; cannot reject good fit for exponential.

 

Optimized k parameter for the exponential model, from 10000 bootstrap iterations
Parameter MLE estimate Percentiles
0.5% 2.5% 5% 95% 97.5% 99.5%
k 7.18E-08 1.75E-08 2.65E-08 2.84E-08 1.75E-07 2.12E-07 6.87E-07
ID50/LD50/ETC* 9.66E+06 1.01E+06 3.28E+06 3.97E+06 2.44E+07 2.62E+07 3.96E+07
*Not a parameter of the exponential model; however, it facilitates comparison with other models.

 

Parameter histogram for exponential model (uncertainty of the parameter)

Exponential model plot, with confidence bounds around optimized model


References

  1. Koprowski, H. (1956).  Immunization against Poliomyelitis with Living Attenuated Virus. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 5, 3.