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. 2017 Apr 3;13(4):e1005470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005470

Table 2. Estimated mean and dispersion parameters (mean and 95% credible interval) for the number of secondary infections per infected farm for different routes of transmission of bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus between farms.

model bluetongue virus Schmallenberg virus
mean dispersion parameter mean dispersion parameter
diffusion model
vector dispersal 1.27 (0.28, 2.13) 0.03 (0.01, 0.09) 1.98 (1.47, 2.93) 0.07 (0.04, 0.13)
cattle movement 0.04 (0.01, 0.12) 0.25 (0.01, 0.78) 0.01 (0.002, 0.01) 0.08 (0.04, 0.21)
sheep movement 0.04 (0.01, 0.13) 0.34 (0.02, 0.88) 0.01 (0.006, 0.02) 0.30 (0.10, 0.79)
exponential kernel
vector dispersal 0.89 (0.13, 1.35) 0.06 (0.13, 1.35) 1.43 (1.26, 1.75) 0.07 (0.05, 0.10)
cattle movement 0.06 (0.02, 0.15) 0.26 (0.02, 1.20) 0.01 (0.002, 0.01) 0.10 (0.04, 0.45)
sheep movement 0.05 (0.02, 0.13) 0.46 (0.02, 2.69) 0.01 (0.003, 0.02) 0.28 (0.11, 0.63)
Gaussian kernel
vector dispersal 0.89 (0.14, 1.31) 0.04 (0.01, 0.16) 1.46 (1.29, 1.78) 0.07 (0.05, 0.10)
cattle movement 0.06 (0.02, 0.16) 0.60 (0.02, 1.13) 0.006 (0.002, 0.01) 0.10 (0.04, 0.22)
sheep movement 0.05 (0.02, 0.13) 0.48 (0.02, 3.30) 0.01 (0.004, 0.02) 0.31 (0.07, 1.06)
fat-tailed kernel
vector dispersal 0.89 (0.14, 1.23) 0.05 (0.01, 0.21) 1.41 (1.24, 1.67) 0.08 (0.06, 0.12)
cattle movement 0.07 (0.02, 0.17) 0.24 (0.02, 1.08) 0.01 (0.005, 0.02) 0.11 (0.04, 0.39)
sheep movement 0.05 (0.02, 0.14) 0.37 (0.03, 1.89) 0.01 (0.006, 0.03) 0.30 (0.11, 1.53)
stepped kernel
vector dispersal 0.90 (0.14, 1.28) 0.05 (0.01, 0.17) 1.40 (1.18, 1.77) 0.08 (0.05, 0.13)
cattle movement 0.07 (0.02, 0.16) 0.21 (0.02, 0.90) 0.01 (0.004, 0.02) 0.10 (0.04, 0.25)
sheep movement 0.06 (0.02, 0.14) 0.33 (0.02, 1.14) 0.02 (0.006, 0.03) 0.29 (0.11, 0.72)