Table 3. Epidemiological parameters estimated.

Item	Distribution	Mean (median)	90%CI	N
Dog rabies
Period between disease onset and death in days	Gamma (shape = 4.56, rate = 1.57)	2.9 (2.7)	1.1–5.5	181
Period between disease onset and date when killed in days	Gamma (2.05, 0.92)	2.3 (1.9)	0.4–5.2	97
Serial interval (Ts) in days	Gamma (1.41, 0.03)	45.0 (34.7)	4.7–118.8	49
Growth rate (λ) (1914)		1.03	1.018–1.037	15 weeks
Growth rate (λ) (1921–22)		1.01	1.010–1.011	65 weeks
R0 (1914)		2.42 (2.42)	1.94–2.91	5000 iterations
R0 (1921–22)		1.50 (1.50)	1.48–1.52	5000 iterations
Human rabies
Incubation period	Gamma (0.84, 0.01)	76.4 (49.1)	2.5–242.9	13
Infectious period	Gamma (4.31,1.62)	2.7 (2.5)	1.0–5.1	9