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Table 1 Model parameters used (with values obtained from the literature) and best-fit parameters from both scenarios

From: Examining the role of person-to-person transmission during a verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli outbreak in Ontario, Canada

Symbol

Definition

Value (source)

Range used for LHS sensitivity analysis

Scenario 1

 βf

Foodborne transmission rate

4.24 × 10–4 (fit to observed data)

(± 25%)

 βp

Person-to-person transmission rate

2.88 × 10–7 (fit to observed data)

(± 50%)

 δ

Incubation perioda

3.5 days [2, 3, 7, 12, 25, 28]

(2–10) days

 γ

Duration of infectiona

6 days [7, 25, 28]

(5–10) days

Scenario 2

 βf

Foodborne transmission rate

4.24 × 10–4 (fit to observed data)

(± 25%)

 βp1

Pre-intervention person-to-person transmission rate

1.10 × 10–6 (fit to observed data)

(± 50%)

 βp2

Post-intervention person-to-person transmission rate

2.88 × 10–7 (fit to observed data)

(± 50%)

 δ

Incubation perioda

3.5 days [2, 3, 7, 12, 25, 28]

(2–10) days

 γ

Duration of infectiona

6 days [7, 25, 28]

(5–10) days

  1. aInverse value is used as a rate in the model