```{r deltauinner, class.source = 'fold-hide', echo = ! knitr::is_latex_output(), fig.cap = 'The uRBC removal rate \\(\\delta_u(a, t)\\) from the circulation into the spleen when the scaling factor \\(F_U = 1\\).'}
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Uninfected RBCs are infected at rates \(\alpha_c\) and \(\alpha_r\) in the circulation and spleen, respectively, which depend on the age-specific merozoite preference \(\beta\):
Uninfected RBCs are infected at rates \(\alpha_c\) and \(\alpha_s\) in the circulation and spleen, respectively, which depend on the age-specific merozoite preference \(\beta\):
\begin{align}
\alpha_c(a, t) &= \mathrm{PMF} \cdot
\frac{\beta(a) \cdot U_c(a, t - 1)}{
\sum_{a'} \left[\beta(a') \cdot U_c(a', t - 1)\right]}
\\
\alpha_r(a, t) &= \mathrm{PMF} \cdot
\frac{\beta(a) \cdot U_r(a, t - 1)}{
\sum_{a'} \left[\beta(a') \cdot U_r(a', t - 1)\right]}
\alpha_s(a, t) &= \mathrm{PMF} \cdot
\frac{\beta(a) \cdot U_s(a, t - 1)}{
\sum_{a'} \left[\beta(a') \cdot U_s(a', t - 1)\right]}
\end{align}
Merozoites are released when infected RBCs rupture at age \(\Tirbc\).
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@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ The removal rate \(\delta_i\) of infected RBCs from the circulation into the spl
@Safeuk08 conducted in vitro experiments that showed 11% and 20% of Pf rings and schizonts, respectively, are retained in the spleen in every passage of the iRBCs through the spleen.
Accordingly, we assume here that \(\delta_{iS} \approx 2 \cdot \delta_{iR}\).
We denote the number of iRBCs removed in a time-step as \(I_{c \to r}\):
We denote the number of iRBCs removed in a time-step as \(I_{c \to s}\):
```{r deltaiinner, class.source = 'fold-hide', echo = ! knitr::is_latex_output(), fig.cap = 'The iRBC removal rate \\(\\delta_i(a, t)\\) from the circulation into the spleen when the scaling factor \\(F_I = 1\\).'}
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@@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ We assume that ring-stage RBCs are more likely to return to the circulation than