Table 1 Description of model parameters: notation, description, unit and value (estimated from data or extracted from the literature).

From: Reconstructing Mayotte 2018–19 Rift Valley Fever outbreak in humans by combining serological and surveillance data

Parameter

Description

Unit

Value

p1,i

Number of people over 15 years old in subpopulation i infected during the outbreak (parameter of Fi lognormal distribution)

Estimated

p2,i

Parameter of Fi lognormal distribution (determines the shape of the epidemic curve)

Estimated

p3,i

Parameter of Fi lognormal distribution (determines the shape of the epidemic curve)

Estimated

τ

Reporting fraction

Estimated

S0,i

IgG seroprevalence in subpopulation i before the outbreak

Estimated

D

Time between infection and IgG detectability

Weeks

Estimated

NMayotte

Number of people over 15 years old living in Mayotte

144,26218

NCentral

Number of people over 15 years old living in Central communes of Mayotte

68,18918

NOuter

Number of people over 15 years old living in Outer communes of Mayotte

76,07318

  1. More details on parameters’ prior distributions are in Fig. 2 and Supplementary Table S1.