Table III.

Descriptive statistics and distributions that best fit the stages of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection in an individual data meta-analysis exercise. Data were fit using equal width intervals for continuous and discrete data (Poisson) distributions. Bolded letters indicates a p > 0.05 value, which indicates the theoretical distribution fit the data well.

FMD stage	Animal species	No.	Mean, median (25th, 75th percentile)	Distribution (parameters)	Poisson (λ)
Latent	Cattle	136	3.6, 3 (2, 5)	Weibull (α = 1.782, β = 3.974)	3.59
	Pig	72	3.1, 2 (2, 4)	Gamma (α = 1.617, β = 1.914)	3.07
	Small ruminant	58	4.8, 5 (3, 6)	Pert (m = 3.963, a = 0, b = 13.983)	4.79
Subclinical	Cattle	119	2.0, 2 (1, 3)	Gamma (α = 1.222, β = 1.672)	2.04
	Pig	45	2.3, 2 (1, 3)	Inverse Gaussian (μ = 2.3, λ = 3.045)	2.27
	Small ruminant	62	2.2, 2 (1, 3)	Gamma (α = 2.4, β = 0.898)	2.16
Incubation	Cattle	59	5.9, 5 (5, 6)	Log logistic (γ = 0, β = 5.3, α = 4.02)	5.9
	Pig	46	5.6, 4 (3, 9)	Pearson 5 (α = 3.05, β = 11.72)	5.58
	Small ruminant	128	6.6, 6 (4, 8)	Weibull (α = 2.784, β = 7.426)	6.59
Infectious	Cattle	71	4.4, 4 (3, 6)	Gamma (α = 3.969, β = 1.107)	4.39
	Pig	53	5.7, 5 (5, 6)	Log logistic (γ = 0, β = 5.39, α = 5.474)	5.69
	Small ruminant	59	3.3, 3 (2, 4)	Pearson 5 (α = 6.188, β = 17.192)	3.32