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Table 2 Rate constants and epidemiological parameters corresponding to the best-fit models shown in Figure 1 (associated standard deviation or 95% confidence interval is given in brackets).

From: Key transmission parameters of an institutional outbreak during the 1918 influenza pandemic estimated by mathematical modelling

Scenario

β(days-1)

ν(days-1)

γ(days-1)

R 0

Latent period T E (days)

Infectious period T I (days)

1

5.3 (0.50)

1.5 (0.08)

4.2 (0.33)

1.3 (0.02)

0.67 (0.60, 0.74)

0.24 (0.21, 0.28)

2

6.5 (0.27)

1.2 (0.04)

3.6 (0.11)

1.8 (0.04)

0.83 (0.78, 0.89)

0.28 (0.26, 0.30)

3

10.1 (1.55)

0.8 (0.11)

3.3 (0.36)

3.1 (0.18)

1.25 (0.99, 1.69)

0.30 (0.25, 0.38)