Table 1 Parameter estimates of the final model (Model I, without assessor’s assessment) for the probability of a dog that could be rabies case.

From: Quantifying the risk of rabies in biting dogs in Haiti

Variable

Parameter

Estimate

Standard error

p-Value

 

\({\hat{\beta }}_{0}\)

−6.3845

0.7858

<0.0001

BITES

\({\hat{\beta }}_{1}\)

1.6788

0.4719

0.0004

AGE1

\({\hat{\beta }}_{2}\)

2.3651

0.6495

0.0003

AGE2

\({\hat{\beta }}_{3}\)

0.5269

0.4550

0.2469

AGE3

\({\hat{\beta }}_{4}\)

2.2633

0.5778

<0.0001

HYPERSALIVATION

\({\hat{\beta }}_{5}\)

3.5444

0.5733

<0.0001

PARALYZED

\({\hat{\beta }}_{6}\)

2.9458

0.6988

<0.0001

NONVAX

\({\hat{\beta }}_{7}\)

1.6293

0.7622

0.0325

DEAD*

\({\hat{\beta }}_{8}\)

3.0304

0.5731

<0.0001

  1. *Indicates that the biting dog was dead at the time of IBCM investigation. Death may have occurred due to natural causes or killed by the community. The cause of death was not differentiated.