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Table 1 Parameter estimates for a quantitative risk assessment of HPAI-H5N1 in poultry farms (B1) in Menoufia, Egypt. For all the parameter estimates, we used the best-fit probability distributions

From: A quantitative risk assessment to evaluate the efficacy of mitigation strategies to reduce highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, subtype H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) in the Menoufia governorate, Egypt

Parameter notation

Parameter description

Best-fit probability distributions

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std Dev

5%

95%

N

Total number of poultry in

Menoufia, Egypt

RiskPareto

(0.72898,3,749,375.0)

3,749,375

52,857,042

23,511,705

22,775,444

3,749,374

52,857,042

P

The probability of HPAI-H5N1 prevalence rates in poultry in each epidemic wave

RiskExtValueMin

(0.44313,0.11949)

0.08253

0.55095

0.36933

0.17576

0.08253

0.55095

P1

The probability of HPAI-H5N1 prevalence rates in poultry that were vaccinated in farms

RiskLaplace

(0.10269,0.053750)

0.01651

0.1791

0.0988

0.05487

0.01651

0.1791

P2

(1-P1)

The probability of HPAI H5N1 prevalence rates in birds that missed vaccination in farm

 

P3a

The probability of HPAI-H5N1 prevalence rates in poultry due to detection by passive surveillance in farms

RiskExpon(0.024769,

RiskShift(−0.0041281))

0

0.066481

0.024769

0.026972

0

0.066481

P3

(1-P3a)

The probability of HPAI H5N1 prevalence rates in birds due to failure in detection by passive surveillance in farm

 

P4a

The probability of HPAI-H5N1 prevalence rates in poultry due to detection by active surveillance in farms

RiskUniform

(−0.0077277,0.15365)

0.01533

0.1306

0.07403

0.04811

0.01533

0.1306

P4

(1-P4a)

The probability of HPAI H5N1 prevalence rates in birds due to failure in detection by active surveillance in farm

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