Table A3.

Prior distributions for parameters of the multi-type birth–death model in the seasonal influenza analysis.

Parameter	Prior Distribution
R	LogNormal(0, 1.0)
$\delta$	LogNormal(4.5, 0.15)
${\sigma }_m$	LogNormal(0, 2.0)
$M_{i,j}$	LogNormal(0, 0.5)
s	Exp(0.001) truncated on $[0,1]$
r	Beta(10.0, 1.5)
T	LogNormal(2.0, 1.0)