Table 1 Selected parameter values for Figure 3A and other illustrative scenarios. The notations "Other" or "Other factors" in the column "See also" refers to the text section "Other factors". The symbols are defined in Appendix 2 [see additional file 2] and are included for reference.
Description | Values | See also | Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of index cases | 10–1000 | Figure 3C | A |
Mean household size | 4 | H | |
Workplace/social group size | 8 | Figure 3B | W |
Ring vaccinations per day | 0–200 | Fig. 3A, 3B, Other | K r |
Monitored diagnosis rate | 1–8 day-1 | Figure 5A, 5B | φ |
Prob. of finding household contact | 0.95 | Table 4 | υ1 |
Prob. of finding workplace/social contact | 0.8 | Fig. 3B, 4AB; Tb. 4 | υ2 |
Delay, tracing household contacts | 1–5 days | Figure 6 | δ1 |
Delay, tracing workplace/social contacts | 2–10 days | Figure 6 | δ2 |
Relative diagnosis rate after 1st diagnosed case | 1.5 | Figure 7 | a 1 |
Infectivity, stage 4 relative to stage 5 | 0.2 | Figure 8 | k |
Infectivity, stage 5 relative to stage 6 | 0.2 | Figure 8 | k' |
Infection hazard for close contacts | 5 day-1 | Table 3 | λ |
Relative hazard for workplace/social contacts | 1/3 | Table 3 | h 2 |
Casual transmission rate | 0.15 day-1 | β | |
Prior vaccination fraction | 0.25 | Other factors | f |
Fraction of mild cases | 0.03 | Other factors | |
Vaccine success rate (for very recent vaccination) | 0.667 | Other factors | α1 |
Vaccine success rate (vaccination prior to discontinuation of routine vaccination) | 0.5 | Other factors | α2 |
Vaccine success rate full protection | 0.999 | Other factors | α3 |