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. 2019 Oct 4;13(10):e0007451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007451

Table 2. Data sources, methodology and reproducibility of eligible studies.

  N %a
Data types usedb    
    Case count 49 67
    Demographic 27 37
    Genomic sequence data 0 0
    Climate, meteorological and earth science 21 29
    Transport 14 19
    Economic 7 10
    Vector 30 41
    Internet search engine, social media or news-wire scraping data 5 7
    Otherc 9 12
Relevant data made available
    Entirely 29 40
    Partially 27 37
    Not at all 16 22
Model type(s) used in analysisd
    Stochastic 21 29
    Deterministic 56 76
Availability of statistical modeling computational code (e.g. R script provided)
    Entirely 21 29
    Partly 7 10
    Not at all 45 62
Clear and accurate visual display of the model output
    Entirely 49 67
    Partly 20 27
    Not at all 4 5
Estimates of prediction uncertainty provided (e.g. confidence intervals) provided
    Entirely 31 43
    Partly 13 18
    Not at all 28 39
Methods presented with a level of detail that allowed the study to be reproduced
    Entirely 37 54
    Partially 28 41
    Not at all 4 6

aDenominator excludes those studies where unable or no basis to judge

bSome studies used multiple data types

cViremia duration and dynamics (n = 3); sexual contact network (n = 2); semen viral persistence (n = 2), non-human primate demographics (n = 1), mammalian diversity (n = 1)

dSome studies used both stochastic and deterministic models