Negative-binomial burden: VMR=1+μ/k; aggregation parameter k; overdispersion

Layer 3 — Biologyin the parasitology subtree

Negative-binomial aggregation framework — the canonical probabilistic model of over-dispersed parasite-burden distributions in host populations (Crofton, Parasitology 63, 179, 1971; Anderson & May, J. Anim. Ecol. 47, 219, 1978; Shaw &…

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Binomial theorem
NBD theorem: VMR=1+μ/k; σ²=μ(k+μ)/k; Poisson k→∞ VMR=1; geometric k=1; E[X²]

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