Table 3 Estimated parameter values, averaged across countries.

From: Variation in microparasite free-living survival and indirect transmission can modulate the intensity of emerging outbreaks

Symbols

Average values (SEIR-W)

SD (SEIR-W)

Average values (SEIR)

SD (SEIR)

Units

Definitions

βA

0.550

0.345

0.429

0.751

1/day

(Contact rate of people with people) × (transmission probability of people to people by an asymptomatic person)

βS

0.491

1.260

8.019

5.972

1/day

(Contact rate of people with people) × (transmission probability of people to people by I-person)

βW

0.031

0.039

0.0

–

1/day

(Contact rate of person with environment) × (transmission probability of environment to people)

σA

3.404

6.662

0.0

–

1/day

(Contact rate of person with environment) × (probability of shedding by asymp.-person to environment)

σS

13.492

18.849

0.0

–

1/day

(Contact rate of person with environment) × (probability of shedding by symp.-person to environment)

1/ε

2.478

1.325

2.381

2.249

days

Average number of days before infectious

  1. Here we provide a table of the average values of the fitted parameters used in this model. These averages are taken across all of the selected 17 countries. See supplementary information for more details on country data and parameter estimation.
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