Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Conserv. 2019 Jun 19;236:593–603. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.045

Table 2.

Sensitivity and elasticity analyses for the simulated spread of rabies and canine distemper virus (CDV) in San Clemente Island foxes. Sensitivity (s) is the proportional difference in output between simulations with new parameter value and simulations with baseline parameter value. Elasticity (e) is the proportional difference in output value divided by the proportional difference in parameter value. Bolded values indicate parameters with |e| ≥ 0.5.


Low density introduction High density introduction

Percent of original susceptible population uninfected at day 365 Percent of simulations resulting in epidemic fadeout Percent of original susceptible population uninfected at day 365 Percent of simulations resulting in epidemic fadeout

Parameter Change in parameter value s e s e s e s e
Rabies Contact + 50% −3.3 −0.1 −36.8 −0.7 −14.7 −0.3 −14.3 −0.3
− 50% 3.8 −0.1 121.1 −2.4 47.5 −1.0 385.7 −7.7

Transmissibility + 50% 0.7 0.1 18.4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
− 50% 1.8 −0.2 31.6 −3.9 12.8 −1.6 157.1 −19.3

Background Double 0.4 0.0 −5.3 −0.1 12.6 0.1 142.9 1.4
Transmission Reate Remove −1.1 0.0 2.6 0.0 17.2 −0.2 100.0 −1.0

Latent Period + 50% 1.8 0.0 18.4 0.4 26.3 0.5 −14.3 −0.3
− 50% −1.6 0.0 52.6 −1.1 −24.2 0.5 100.0 −2.0

Infectious Period + 50% 0.7 0.0 15.8 0.3 3.2 0.1 100.0 2.0
− 50% 2.2 0.0 47.4 −0.9 37.3 −0.7 342.9 −6.9

CDV Contact + 50% −39.6 −0.8 2.0 0.0 −5.3 −0.1 1.0 0.0
− 50% 8.9 −0.2 −3.1 0.1 17.4 −0.3 1.0 0.0

Transmissibility + 50% −40.5 −0.8 −1.0 0.0 −6.5 −0.1 0.0 0.0
− 50% −27.9 0.6 2.0 0.0 −6.7 0.1 1.0 0.0

Background Double 10.6 0.1 2.0 0.0 −14.2 −0.1 1.0 0.0
Transmission Rate Remove 1214.5 −12.1 −13.3 0.1 78.8 −0.8 −9.1 0.1

Latent Period + 50% −23.4 −0.5 −10.2 −0.2 −0.1 0.0 −4.0 −0.1
− 50% −7.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 −3.3 0.1 1.0 0.0

Infectious Period + 50% −53.5 −1.1 −20.4 −0.4 −4.9 −0.1 −10.1 −0.2
− 50% −1.6 0.0 2.0 0.0 67.4 −1.3 1.0 0.0

Recovery Rate 50% −20.1 0.0 −78.6 0.0 −21.2 0.0 −93.9 0.0
10% −26.9 0.0 −55.1 −0.1 −13.5 0.0 −44.4 0.0