A Semi-parametric Two-Component Compound Mixture Model and Its Application to Estimating Malaria Attributable Fractions

• Main Authors: Qin, Jing, Leung, Denis H. Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Attributable fraction; Density ratio model; Empirical likelihood; Malaria; Mixture methods; Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/34
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Malaria remains a major epidemiologic problem in many developing countries. Malaria is defined as the presence of parasites and symptoms (usually fever) due to the parasites. In endemic areas, an individual may have symptoms attributable either to malaria or to other causes. From a clinical viewpoin...