Table 3

Model parameters estimated from the 2008 South Korean epidemic.

Description

Parameter

Fixed or Estimated

Value

Size of unit square

-

Fixed

37.5 km × 37.5 km

Infection probability

τ

Estimated

0.429 day^-1

Chicken incubation period

μ

Fixed

2.5 days

Duck incubation period

ν

Estimated

7.2 days

Quarantine radius

λ

Estimated

0.293 units

Long range relocation probability

ω

Estimated

0.0083 day^-1

Short-range relocation rate constant

ψ

Estimated

162 units^-1

Infection spreading distance

γ

Fixed

0.15 unit

Death probability of infected birds

θ

Fixed

0.5 day^-1

Delay in reporting outbreaks

ϕ

Fixed

1 days

Kim et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010 10:236   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-236