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Table 2 Estimated parameters and its 95% CI, time of outbreak, number of parameters, and AICa for each model assumption

From: Assessing countermeasures during a hepatitis A virus outbreak among men who have sex with men

Model assumption

R1b

ε1c

ε2d

Number of parameters

AIC

Constant, 17

3.05 (2.63,3.47)

0.60 (0.38,0.82)

0.41 (0.30,0.52)

5

566.0

Sine curve, 17

2.80 (2.32,3.29)

0.72 (0.39,1.04)

0.39 (0.27,0.52)

7

554.6

Second-order trigonometric, 17

2.80 (2.32,3.29)

0.72 (0.39,1.04)

0.39 (0.27,0.52)

9

558.6

Constant, 16-17

3.07 (2.66,3.49)

0.59 (0.37,0.80)

0.42 (0.30,0.53)

5

832.8

Sine curve, 16-17

2.74 (2.24,3.24)

0.76 (0.40,1.12)

0.38 (0.26,0.51)

7

797.8

Second-order trigonometric, 16-17

2.60 (2.07,3.13)

0.87 (0.42,1.33)

0.35 (0.23,0.47)

9

798.3

Constant, 15-17

3.13 (2.71.3.53)

0.57 (0.37,0.77)

0.43 (0.32,0.54)

5

1079,1

Sine curve, 15-17

2.82 (2.35,3.30)

0.72 (0.40,1.03)

0.39 (0.27,0.51)

7

1040.4

Second-order trigonometric, 15-17

2.68 (2.18,3.19)

0.82 (0.42,1.27)

0.36 (0.24,0.47)

9

1038.0

  1. In all models, the estimated starting time of the outbreak was week 35 in 2017. Estimated values of parameters for trigonometric function are available from Supplementary Data 2
  2. aAkaike Information Criteria
  3. breproductin number
  4. ccoefficient of the first measure
  5. dcoefficient of the second measure
  6. eestimated time of invention of the first case of Hepatitis A by MSM