Table 1 Parameters used in the Bayesian analysis.
From: Transmission dynamics of seasonal influenza in a remote island population
Parameters | Symbols | Values | Ref/comments |
|---|---|---|---|
Incubation period | f (t) | Shifted Weibull distribution with: Mean: 1.63 days SD: 0.26 days | (28) |
Generation time | w (t) | Shifted Weibull distribution with: Mean: 3.2 days SD: 0.4 days | (29) |
Conditional report ratio | \(\Pi\) | Prior: beta distribution, mean = 0.9, s.d. = 0.08 | Estimated |
Spatial parameter | a | Prior: uniform distributions between 0 and 5 | Estimated |
Spatial pre-clustering | γ | 100 km | Fixed |
Temporal pre-clustering | δ | 8 days (based on incubation period and generation times) | Fixed |
Importation threshold (absolute) 5 × log0.05 = − 15 | λ | Default in o2geosocial package | Fixed |
