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an integer Z (99) such that FPoisson(R)(Z (99) ) equals 0.99 exactly. As a result, the proportion<br />

<strong>of</strong> cases causing SSEs under the negative binomial model, ΨR,k, may approach some<br />

value less than 0.01 as kض. In plotting Figure 2C, we chose values <strong>of</strong> R such that<br />

ΨPoisson=ΨR,∞=0.01 and all plotted lines approached the same asymptotic value. These<br />

values were computed simply by examining Poisson cdf’s for different R. Precise<br />

values <strong>of</strong> R in Figure 2C are 0.148, 0.436, 1.279, 2.330, 3.507, 6.099, 10.345, and<br />

20.323. Note that this effect <strong>of</strong> the discreteness <strong>of</strong> the Poisson distribution, while a<br />

nuisance in making plots, has little practical impact because most diseases have k

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