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Table 2 Sensitivity indices of the state variables at the endemic steady state to the related parameters

From: Effects of the proportion of high-risk patients and control strategies on the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit

  UH CH IH UL CL IL H HC
High-risk group  
θ +1.4147 -0.0006 -0.0006 -1.9996 -2.0023 -2.0010 +0.0018 -0.3578
λCH -0.6376 +1.2227 +1.0608 +0.2531 +0.2613 +0.2591 -0.0051 +1.0293
λIH -0.0406 +0.0466 +0.2140 +0.0127 +0.0132 +0.0130 -0.0003 +0.0632
γH -0.7898 +0.0019 +1.0064 +0.9999 +1.0024 +1.0015 -0.0016 +0.3160
νH +0.0814 -0.0002 -1.0002 0.0000 -0.0011 -0.0008 +0.0007 -0.1353
dH +0.0313 -0.0840 -0.0699 0.0000 -0.0005 -0.0004 +0.0003 -0.0672
pH -0.1284 +0.1632 +0.9675 0.0000 +0.0019 +0.0014 -0.0012 +0.2429
Low-risk group  
λCL -0.0036 +0.0003 +0.0003 -0.0527 +0.9766 +0.7107 -0.0009 +0.1722
λIL -0.0007 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0011 +0.0166 +0.2840 0.0000 +0.0053
γL +0.7050 -0.0003 -0.0003 -0.9996 -1.0089 -0.0065 +0.0009 -0.1717
νL +0.0026 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0001 -1.0001 0.0000 -0.0086
dL +0.0004 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0105 -0.0040 0.0000 -0.0018
pL -0.0036 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 +0.0445 +0.7601 -0.0001 +0.0141
Others  
σ +0.0017 -0.0032 -0.0028 -0.0003 -0.0069 -0.0052 +0.0041 -0.8254
κ +0.0001 -0.0003 -0.0002 0.0000 -0.0011 -0.0008 +0.0007 -0.1439
β -0.0010 +0.0018 +0.0015 0.0000 +0.0080 +0.0059 0.0000 +0.0028
αC -0.0008 +0.0015 +0.0013 0.0000 +0.0068 +0.0051 -0.0043 +0.8590
αI -0.0001 +0.0003 +0.0002 0.0000 +0.0011 +0.0008 -0.0007 +0.1439
η +0.0010 -0.0018 -0.0015 0.0000 -0.0080 -0.0059 +0.0050 -1.0028
Np +1.0018 -0.0033 -0.0029 +0.0001 -0.0149 -0.0110 +0.0043 -0.8738
  1. The plus (minus) sign indicates that a state variable increases (decreases) when a parameter increases while the value reflects a magnitude of impact
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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