Figure 2
From: Characterizing tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden urban and rural settings
Joint maximum likelihood estimates (MLE) of transmission parameters \(R\) and \(k\) inferred from transmission cluster analysis. The use of geospatial and epi-link data to identify transmission sub-clustering reveals marked differences in transmission dynamics. (A) MLE and corresponding 90 and 95 percent confidence regions (CRs) using genotypic, geospatial, and epi-link data to identify transmission sub-clusters within a genetic cluster; (B) Values under the assumption that MIRU-VNTR genotypic clusters are transmission clusters. This assumption biases results towards homogeneity and provides functional upper bound estimates of \(k\).
