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. 2017 Jul 21;11(7):e0005767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005767

Table 3. Median, interquartile range and 95% credibility interval of the six parameters estimated, and Deviance Information Criterions (DIC) for the two climate-dependent model scenarios (linear and exponential).

Scenario Linear Exponential
DIC 522.8 523.7
Parameters estimated Notation Median IQR* 95%CrI Median IQR* 95%CrI
Climate-dependent transmission scenarios
slope (linear) or multiplying factor (exponential) a 3.41 3.02–3.80 2.28–4.56 3.15 2.75–3.57 2.05–4.41
Rsmin (linear) or scaling factor (exponential) b 0.67 0.62–0.72 0.52–0.81 -2.19 -2.50– -1.89 -3.11 – -1.38
Rs for maximum NDVI value (0.85) 1.55 1.30–1.90 1.91 1.39–2.19
Rs for minimum NDVI value (0.59) 0.67 0.36–0.91 0.62 0.53–0.90
Initial conditions
Percentage of immune at t0 imm_t0 12.89 11.69–14.13 9.51–16.88 12.98 11.75–14.26 9.58–16.95
Viral introduction through animal imports
Import starting date (month number) t_imp 33.57 32.47–34.66 30.91–35.84 33.47 32.30–34.63 30.85–35.83
Import duration (year fraction) P 1.88 1.79–1.94 1.59–1.99 1.88 1.78–1.94 1.58–1.99
Percentage of animals caught pseized 2.86 2.66–3.14 2.51–3.82 2.99 2.72–3.37 2.52–4.42

* IQR: Interquartile range;

CrI: Credibility Interval