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Table 1 Summary of the estimated metrics of superspreading potentials under different contact settings

From: Differences in the superspreading potentials of COVID-19 across contact settings

 

Total

Community

Household

Health care facilities

School

Workplace

Reproduction number (R)

0.561 (0.496, 0.640)

0.107 (0.046, 0.331)

0.137 (0.110, 0.168)

0.186 (0.079, 0.409)

0.088 (0.028, 0.295)

0.080 (0.052, 0.138)

Dispersion parameter (k)

0.221 (0.186, 0.262)

0.004 (0.002, 0.007)

0.141 (0.098, 0.210)

0.004 (0.002, 0.006)

0.002 (0.001, 0.005)

0.019 (0.012, 0.029)

Probability of 1 infector generating ≥ 1 infectees

24.37% (21.47, 27.68)

1.32% (0.63, 2.68)

9.13% (7.11, 11.61)

1.53% (0.74, 2.51)

0.76% (0.34, 2.03)

3.09% (1.99, 4.95)

Proportion of infector seeding 80% transmission

13.14% (11.55, 14.87)

0.44% (0.21, 0.76)

6.39% (4.91, 8.24)

0.44% (0.22, 0.66)

0.22% (0.11, 0.55)

1.54% (0.99, 2.43)

Probability of observing SSEs

1.75% (1.57, 1.99)

0.49% (0.22, 1.18)

0.07% (0.06, 0.08)

0.67% (0.31, 1.21)

0.33% (0.13, 0.94)

0.32% (0.21, 0.60)

Probability of cluster size ≥ 10 seeded by 1 infector

3.87% (2.94, 5.24)

0.37% (0.16, 1.00)

0.05% (0.04, 0.06)

0.55% (0.24, 1.04)

0.26% (0.09, 0.80)

0.17% (0.10, 0.38)

  1. The metrics were summarized as ‘median estimate (95% CrI)’ format