Fig. 5

Local sensitivity robustness results for the Li model. The response coefficient distributions of the immune effectors’ population E for the probability of infection of RBCs with free roaming merozoites, \(\beta\), is shown. The wild type response coefficient obtained with local sensitivity analysis is visualized as a black dashed line. Poor robustness of the local sensitivities is inferred as the wild type response coefficient does not correspond with the most probable response coefficient in a population (the peak of the histogram)