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. 2015 Jan 13;13(1):e1002056. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002056

Table 1. Parameter values of the basic branching process model for Ebola transmission.

Variable Value
Household contacts (N) 6.4
Transmission probability (q) 0.16
Overdispersion (θ) 1
Hospital contact multiplier (β) 4
Effectiveness of infection control (α) 0.019
Average number of secondary community cases from hospitalized patients (λh) 0.3
Average number of secondary cases from a funeral (ϕ) 2.18