Research Article
Computational Modeling of Interventions and Protective Thresholds to Prevent Disease Transmission in Deploying Populations
Table 1
Model parameters for measles transmission model.
| Parameter | Description | Value | Source |
| | Inward troop rotation rate | Varies over duration of deployment | [3, 16] | | Outward troop rotation rate | Varies over duration of deployment | [3, 16] | | Effective transmission rate within unit | Function of attack rate | | | Effective transmission rate between units and | Function of attack and contact rates | | | Effective transmission rate between unit and local population | Function of attack rate, contact rate, and local measles incidence | | | Measles attack rate (soldiers) | 7% (3%–11%) | [17] | | Contact rate with local population for unit | Varies by unit | | | Contact rate between unit and unit | Varies by unit | | incLOCAL | Measles incidence rate for local population | Varies over duration of deployment | [18] | | Vaccination rate for unit (95% vaccine efficacy) | Scenario-dependent | | | Background casualty rate for all units | 0.0007825 1/day | [16] | | Duration of measles incubation period | 9 days | [17] | | Duration of measles infectious period | 7 days | [17] |
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