Volume 10, Number 7—July 2004
Research
Model Parameters and Outbreak Control for SARS
Gerardo Chowell*†
, Carlos Castillo-Chavez‡1, Paul W. Fenimore*, Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta§, Leon Arriola*, and James M. Hyman*
, Carlos Castillo-Chavez‡1, Paul W. Fenimore*, Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta§, Leon Arriola*, and James M. Hyman*Table A1
Sensitivity indices for Toronto with l = 0.1
| Positive sensitivity indices | Negative sensitivity indices | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ψβ = 1 | –1% | Ψα = –0.4758 | 2.10% |
| Ψr = 0.6063 | –1.65% | Ψδ = –0.1707 | 5.86% |
| Ψl = 0.2001 | –4.99% | Ψγ2 = –0.1208 | 8.28% |
| Ψγ = 0.1172 | –8.53% | Ψk = –0.1172 | 8.53% |
| Ψp = 0.0906 | –11.04% | Ψγ1 = –0.1156 | 8.65% |
1At the time this work was carried out, Dr. Castillo-Chavez was on sabbatical at Los Alamos National Laboratory and faculty of Cornell University.
2Recall that l = 0 corresponds to complete isolation, whereas l = 1 means no effective isolation occurs. Hence, a decrease in l means an increase in the effective isolation of the infected persons.
