Table 1 Parameter ranges explored in a henipavirus MSIRS model. *s = 14.3 represents 95% of births occurring within 3.2 months.

From: Support for viral persistence in bats from age-specific serology and models of maternal immunity

Parameter

Values explored

Reference

Lifespan (1 /m)

4.5 years

Hayman and Peel, 2016

Birth pulse tightness, s

14.3*

Hayman, 2015

Birth pulse timing, τ

0.25 years

 

Average population size, Ν

400–102, 400

 

R0

2.13

This study

Infectious period (IP, 1/γ)

10, 30, 60 days

Halpin et al.16; Plowright et al.8

Duration of maternal immunity (1/η)

0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 months

This study

Duration of acquired immunity (1/ζ)

50 months

This study

Population immunity (PI)

0–0.9