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. 2010 Jul;83(1):183–188. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0782

Table 3.

Parameters estimates and goodness-of-fit measures for parametric survival models of the intrinsic incubation period of yellow fever

Model Parameter 1 Parameter 2 IIP (95% CI) DIC
Notation Mean (95% CI*) Notation Mean (95% CI*)
Exponential rate (λ) 0.18 (0.14–0.23) 5.6 (4.3–7.3) 298
Gamma rate (λ) 1.8 (1.1–2.5) Shape (v) 8.1 (5.4–11.5) 4.6 (4.2–5.1) 243
Weibull rate (λ) 0.016 (0.005–0.034) Shape (v) 2.6 (2.1–3.1) 4.6 (4.1–5.1) 242
Log-normal mean (μ) 1.46 (1.37–1.56) Precision (τ) 8.0 (5.1–11.5) 4.3 (3.9–4.7) 226
*

95% credible interval.

IIP = intrinsic incubation period.