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. 2019 Mar 12;17:58. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1288-7

Table 1.

Parameters used in the model. Parameters that are camp-specific take independent values for Balukhali and Kutupalong, and the initial proportion of infectious people is specific to each age group in each camp

Name Description Age or camp specific? Value Prior distribution
1/v Incubation period No 3 days
1/γ Infectious period No 3 days
β L Transmission rate Camp Fitted Uniform(0,)
r L Proportion of cases reported Camp Fitted Gamma(20,0.005)
ϕ L Dispersion parameter for reporting Camp Fitted Uniform(0,)
α1, L Relative susceptibility in under 5 age group Camp Fitted Uniform(0,1)
α3, L Relative susceptibility in over 15 age group Camp Fitted Uniform(0,1)
S2,L0 Initial proportion susceptible in the age group 5–14 years No 0.80
Ia,L0 Initial proportion of infectious Camp and age Fitted Uniform(0,)