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Table 2 Definition of the parameters

From: Risk estimation and prediction of the transmission of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in the mainland of China excluding Hubei province

Interpretations

Parameters

Values

Geweke

Source

Probability of transmission per contact

β

0.054043

0.92594

MCMC

Initial contact rate

c0

40.319

0.99203

MCMC

Transition rate of exposed individuals

ϕ

1/5.2

[7]

to the infected class

    

Probability of having symptoms

θ

0.6628

0.91799

MCMC

among infected individuals

    

Transition rate of quarantined infected

η

17.379

0.59129

MCMC

individuals to hospital class

    

Recovery rate of symptomatic

γI

0.15796

0.7351

MCMC

infectious individuals

    

Recovery rate of asymptomatic

γA

0.55671

0.99168

MCMC

infected individuals

    

Recovery rate of quarantined

γH

0.035352

0.97782

MCMC

infected individuals

    

Disease-induced death rate

d

5.5888×10−4

0.98847

MCMC

Correction factor of transmission probability

ξ

0.80987

0.74505

MCMC

with asymptomatic infectious individuals

    

Rate at which the quarantined uninfected

μ

1/14

[2]

contacts were released

    

Intervention coefficient with respect

q1

Assumption

to contact

    

Intervention parameter with respect

q2

0.47218

0.9302

MCMC

to patient detection

    

Intervention parameter with respect

q3

2.6954

0.55476

MCMC

to close contact tracing

    

Exponential decreasing rate of contact rate

δ

2.8286×10−4

0.99962

MCMC

  1. MCMC Markov Chain Monte Carlo method