Table 2.

Estimated parameter values and 95% confidence interval (CI) from the bootstrap procedure with a Poisson error structure and negative binomial error structure

Par	Range	Initial	Unit	Est value	CI (Poisson)	CI (negative binomial)
${\beta }_{\text{T}}$	[0.001,20]	11.7345	1/year	11.4989	(11.3036, 11.6871)	(5.3091, 16.5582)
k	[0,1]	0.0294	1/year	0.0747	(0.0741, 0.0753)	(0.0608, 0.0966)
$r_1$	[0,1]	0.55	1/year	0.6755	(0.6674, 0.6827)	0.3885, 0.9300)
${\beta }_{\text{H}}$	[0,1]	0.24825	1/year	0.2271	(0.2267, 0.2274)	(0.2166, 0.2367)
${\gamma }_1$	[0.001,10]	1.02	-	3.9966	(3.8582, 4.1431)	(1.3906, 10)