Table 1 Description of model parameters with default and varying values.

From: Emergence of Ebola virus disease in a french acute care setting: a simulation study based on documented inter-individual contacts

Parameter

Meaning

Value

References

NPAT

Number of patients

27

12

NNUR

Number of nurses

29

12

NPHY

Number of physicians

11

12

w ij

Average number of individuals from group i with individuals from group j, with

Varied between 5 and 27.3 for wNUR, PAT (otherwise set according to Table 2)

12

p

Transmission probability per infectious contact

Varied between 0.001 and 1

 

ij

Transmission coefficient between individuals of group i with individuals of group j, with

 

Incubation period

11 days

17

I1 duration

Varied between 1 and 3 days (otherwise set at 2 days)