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Table 2 Estimates of the model parameters.

From: Outbreaks of Streptococcus pneumoniaecarriage in day care cohorts in Finland – implications for elimination of transmission

Model parameter

Posterior mean

5% quantile

95% quantile

Community acquisition rate κ

(per month)

0.0059

0.0043

0.0077

Family transmission rate β fam

(per month)

0.36

0.23

0.52

DCC transmission rate β dcc

(per month)

0.53

0.38

0.71

Clearance rate μ

(per month)

0.69

0.64

0.75

Competition parameter θ

0.68

0.35

1.10

Relative susceptibility η

(adults vs. children)

0.41

0.28

0.58

Relative clearance rate δ

(adults vs. children)

1.23

1.06

1.41

  1. The table presents the mean as well as the 5 and 95 percent quantiles of the marginal posterior distributions of the 7 model parameters