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. 2017 Sep 26;13(9):e1005719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005719

Table 2. Parameter estimates of the transmission model.

Parameter Description Median 95%CrI
β1 Transmissibility of primary infection 0.0019 0.000081—0.0089
β2 Transmissibility of re-infection/reactivation 0.042 0.035—0.049
z Relative susceptibility for re-infection 0.32 0.017—0.84
ρ[0,20) Reactivation rate in 0-20 year old females (yr−1) 0.013 0.0042—0.021
ρ[20,50) Reactivation rate in 20-50 year old females (yr−1) 0.021 0.013—0.029
ρ[50,80) Reactivation rate in 50-80 year old females (yr−1) 0.028 0.017—0.040
ρ[0,20) Reactivation rate in 0-20 year old males (yr−1) 0.0054 0.0035—0.013
ρ[20,50) Reactivation rate in 20-50 year old males (yr−1) 0.011 0.0035—0.018
ρ[50,80) Reactivation rate in 50-80 year old males (yr−1) 0.013 0.0043—0.021
μρ Hyperparameter for the reactivation rate (mean) 0.015 0.0047—0.027
σρ Hyperparameter for the reactivation rate (sd) 0.010 0.0050—0.028

Parameters estimates (represented by posterior medians with 95% credible intervals) are shown of the transmission model with reactivation and re-infection in the B compartment (model E). This model gives the best fit to the data, as judged by WBIC and WAIC (Table 1). For all parameters the potential scale reduction factor Q is close to 1 (0.999 < Q < 1.001), and effective sample sizes of the parameters neff range from 3596 (β1) to 4457 (μρ).