Table 1 Overview of the parameter estimates. Incubation period and infectious period are defined in units of days, and parameters for seasonality refer to the week of the year. Numbers in parentheses for R0 represent the 95% confidence intervals. SD standard deviation
From: Projecting vaccine demand and impact for emerging zoonotic pathogens
Parameter | LASV | MERS-CoV | NiV | RVFV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seasonality | ||||
 Peak (weeks) | 31.1 | 23.3 | 27.3 | 23.2 |
 SD (weeks) | 6.2 | 13.6 | 6.4 | 12.7 |
Incubation period | ||||
 Mean (days) | 12.05 | 5.56 | 9.87 | 2.88 |
 SD (days) | 3.62 | 0.77 | 0.84 | 1.95 |
Infectious period | ||||
 Mean (days) | 11.31 | 13.5 | 6.49 | 7a |
 SD (days) | 8.29 | 2.61 | 0.26 | – |
R0 | ||||
 Mean | 0.063 (0.05, 0.08) | 0.58 (0.31, 0.99) | 0.325 (0.21, 0.52) | 0 (0.01) |
 Dispersion | – | 1.42 | 0.048 | – |