Table 1 Parameters estimated and fixed with their respective source
From: Costs and benefits of early response in the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone
Parameter | Description | Value | References |
|---|---|---|---|
a2 | Maximum value of transmission rate | Estimated | |
a1 | Slope of transmission rate parameter | Estimated | |
| Midpoint of transmission rate parameter | Estimated | |
b1 | Slope of intervention rate parameter | Estimated | |
| Midpoint of intervention rate parameter | Estimated | |
1/σ | Latent period | 10.4 days | [36] |
1/γCR | Time to recovery in the community | 11.7 days | [36] |
1/γCD | Time to death in the community | 6.8 days | [36] |
1/γHR | Discharge rate | 11.6 days | [36] |
1/γHD | Time to death for hospitalized | 5.2 days | [36] |
| Proportion reported | 83% | [36] |
1/ω | Time to notification | 4.8 days | [36] |
1/η | Hospitalization rate | 4.6–1.3 days | |
δC | Fatality rate in the community | 91.9% | [36] |
δH | Fatality rate for hospitalized | 60.3% | [36] |
