Table 2 Input parameters for the model.

Transmission rate

0.0058 per infected per day

Fitted to data

Proportion exposed that become infectious

0.15 (i.e. 0.85 of infected bats move to resistant state)

George et al.¹¹

Disease-induced mortality rate

1/6 (i.e. mean 6 days before death)

Freuling et al.⁴⁹, Johnson et al.³⁵

Incubation rate

1/24 (main transmission i.e.

24 day incubation period) 1/48 during hibernation phase

Freuling et al.⁴⁹, Johnson et al.³⁵, George et al.

Immunity rate

1/14 (main)

Freuling et al.⁴⁹, Johnson et al.³⁵

Host reproductive rate

1 per year

Dietz et al. 2009