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. 2013 Jan 24;6:10.3402/gha.v6i0.19614. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19614

Table 4.

Values of backward sensitivity of contact status (standard deviation) for contacts of all index cases from simulations with long incubation period after 50 simulation runs of a 10-year period with fixed 5 years of follow-up

Length of incubation period (in years)

5 7 9



Age group (in years) Male Female Male Female Male Female
0–9 0.60 (0.0308) 0.60 (0.0295) 0.52 (0.0374) 0.52 (0.0310) 0.48 (0.0318) 0.48 (0.0308)
10–14 0.62 (0.0358) 0.59 (0.0394) 0.54 (0.0413) 0.50 (0.0438) 0.51 (0.0478) 0.45 (0.0386)
15–19 0.61 (0.0291) 0.57 (0.0405) 0.53 (0.0401) 0.46 (0.0391) 0.47 (0.0405) 0.43 (0.0456)
20–24 0.60 (0.0367) 0.60 (0.0482) 0.50 (0.0505) 0.50 (0.0424) 0.43 (0.0421) 0.46 (0.0586)
25–29 0.57 (0.0468) 0.67 (0.0373) 0.47 (0.0471) 0.57 (0.0434) 0.40 (0.0565) 0.54 (0.0475)
30–44 0.64 (0.0427) 0.78 (0.0390) 0.56 (0.0426) 0.71 (0.0484) 0.51 (0.0529) 0.70 (0.0448)
45+ 0.68 (0.0320) 0.67 (0.0327) 0.60 (0.0449) 0.61 (0.0350) 0.56 (0.0402) 0.57 (0.0410)