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. 2013 Jan 23;141(7):1509–1521. doi: 10.1017/S095026881200310X

Table 3.

Mean and standard deviation of distributions for parameters used in surveillance-data modelling in the Blythe Valley case study

Species Mean σ s.d. σ Mean g0 s.d. g0 Mean P(test+) s.d. P(test+) Mean λ0 s.d. λ0
Possum 90*† 8 0·13* 0·05 0·95 0·10 n.a. n.a.
Ferret 287* 10 n.a. n.a. 0·95 0·10 0·081§ 0·05
Pig 910* 25 n.a. n.a. 0·95 0·10 0·21‡ 0·10

σ, Home-range size parameter; g0, probability of capture at home-range centre; P(test+), diagnostic sensitivity; λ0, probability of disease transmission from a possum to a sentinel with home-range overlap; n.a., not applicable.

Source of parameter values: * [40], † [34], ‡ [32], § unpublished data.