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Table 1 Parameters

From: The role of vaccination coverage, individual behaviors, and the public health response in the control of measles epidemics: an agent-based simulation for California

Parameter

Initial value

Lower

Upper

Interpretation

Reference

V: vaccination coverage

0.95

0.85

1

vaccination coverage rate for individuals aged less than or equal to 18 years

[32-34]

Ω: immunity clustering

0.5

0

1

level of immunity clustering for individuals aged less than or equal to 18 years in a household

 

Household contact probability

0.46

0.01

1

contact probability per day between any two household members

 

Neighborhood contact rate

3 person/day

0.5

7

contact rate per day in neighbourhood

assume

Workplace contact rate

3 person/day

0

7

contact rate per day in workplace

synthetic population

School contact rate

9 person/day

3

20

contact rate per day in school

www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/dr/cefteachavgclssize.asp

Daycare contact rate

9 person/day

3

20

contact rate per day in daycare

www.daycare.com/california

Household transmission probability

0.99

0.99

0.99

transmission probability per contact in household

[30]

Neighborhood transmission probability

0.99

0.99

0.99

transmission probability per contact in neighborhood

[30]

Workplace transmission probability

0.99

0.99

0.99

transmission probability per contact in workplace

[30]

School transmission probability

0.99

0.99

0.99

transmission probability per contact in school

[30]

Daycare transmission probability

0.99

0.99

0.99

transmission probability per contact in daycare

[30]

Vaccine efficacy

0.99

0.99

0.99

efficacy of two doses of vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella

[35,36]

Trace probability

1

1

1

probability that an individual is traceable

assume

Intervention delay

1 day

1

3

intervention delay for contacts of an index case

(J. Zipprich, pers. commun.)

Contact tracing delay

1 day

1

3

delay for tracing a contact from an infectious case

assume

Self report delay

2 day

1

6

delay between the first day of symptom of a case and the day the case visits hospital

assume

Cooperation probability

1

1

1

probability that an individual is cooperative to accept public health interventions

assume

Contact finding probability

1

0.7

1

probability that a contact of an infectious case can be traced

assume

Post-exposure prophylactic vaccine efficacy

0.93

0.92

0.95

efficacy of post-exposure prophylactic vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella

[35,36]

Post-exposure prophylactic immune globulin efficacy

0.75

0.6

0.9

efficacy of post-exposure prophylactic immune globulin

[60-62]

Home quarantine probability

0.97

0.9

1

probability that an individual who is recommended to stay home until recovery will follow the recommendation

assume

Home stay probability

0.61

0

1

probability that a case decides (on each day of the symptomatic period of the case) to stay home until recovery

assume