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. 2007 Mar 13;4(15):727–734. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0204

Table 3.

Variations in the mean value of Ra for different attack rates c1 and c2 in the GP and HCWs, as susceptibility to the disease due to prophylaxis changes (αS : 25–35%) and prophylaxis coverage of HCWs increases.

attack rate among HCWs (%) variations in the mean value of Ra attack rate in the GP (%) R0

prophylaxis coverage reduction (%)

0% 50% 100%
25–40 1.0627 1.0445 1.0170 4.3 25 1.2516
30–45 1.0973 1.0795 1.0522 4.11 30 1.3261
35–50 1.1488 1.1326 1.1112 3.27 35 1.4146