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. 2012 Apr 25;5:190. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-190

Table 1.

Estimated transmission rate parameters

dataset transmission rate parameter β (day-1) average infectious period μ (days) reproductive number R0
UK 2007 (10 herds)
0.11
(0.070 – 0.17)
43
(33 – 59)
4.7
(3.6 – 6.4)
UK 2008 (8 herds)
0.071
(0.041 – 0.13)
43
(29 – 73)
3.1
(2.5 – 4.1)
Portugal (6 herds)
0.037
(0.0035 – 0.16)
101
(70–403)
3.7
(1.2 – 14)
Italy (3 herds)
-
 
-
 
2.0
(1.4 – 3.6)
Netherlands (1 herd)
-
 
-
 
8.4
(5.3 – 15)
Spain
-
 
-
 
-
-
Czech Republic -   -   - -

Median maximum likelihood estimates and 5% – 95% credible interval between brackets.