Table 1 Posterior median and 95% credible intervals of numerically estimated parameters obtained from best-fitting 100 retained simulations (out of 2600 total simulations)
From: A multi-host mechanistic model of African swine fever emergence and control in Romania
Parameter Class | Parameter representation | Description | Posterior median (95% credible interval) | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Weekly transmission rate | βijhi | Farm-to-farm (high transmission) | 0.312 (0.023–0.921) | Uniform (0, 1) |
βijmed | Farm-to-farm (medium transmission) | 0.362 (0.026–0.917) | Uniform (0, 1) | |
βijlow | Farm-to-farm (low transmission) | 0.259 (0.018–0.834) | Uniform (0, 1) | |
Βpj | Patch-to-farm | 3.186 (0.154–5.677) | Uniform (0, 6) | |
βxj | External-to-farm | 0.004 (0–0.01) | Uniform (0, 0.01) | |
βiq | Farm-to-patch | 1.984 (0.08–5.133) | Uniform (0, 6) | |
βpq | Patch-to-patch (overall) | 0.85 (0.018–6.876) | Uniform (0, 8) | |
Relative susceptibility | ϕj | Of villages during winter slaughter | 0.344 (0.024–0.962) | Uniform (0, 1) |
ϕq | Of patches below forest coverage threshold | 0.029 (0.002–0.668) | Uniform (0, 1) | |
Relative infectivity | ψi | Of villages during winter slaughter | 0.51 (0.036–0.893) | Uniform (0, 1) |
ψp | Of patches below forest coverage threshold | 0.298 (0.008–0.863) | Uniform (0, 1) |