Table 1.

Parameters used in the model. Fitted values are discussed in §3.

parameter	symbol	value	source
number of patients	N	68	directly from dataset
removal rate of colonized patient	μ	1/15 day−1	directly from dataset
transmission rate	β	1.0×10−3	fitted using HMM
sporadic acquisition rate	ν	2.0×10−4	fitted using HMM
detection probability	D	0.58–0.97	literature review