Table 1 Epidemiological model symbology and parameterization

λ

Recovery of gut microbiota (day^-1)

0.011

33

α

Antibiotic treatment (day^-1)

0.11

31,32

β

Exposure (day^-1)

Full range SIM

η

Dev into asympt infectious (day^-1)

0.2,0.2

35

θ

Dev symptomatic CDI (day^-1)

0.04,0.2

20

ρ

CDI treatment (day^-1)

0.1

36

σ

Treatment failure (prop.)

0.2

37

ζ

Self-resolving symptoms (prop.)

0.33

38

μ

CDI case fatality rate (prop.)

0.02

20

κ

Hospital discharge (day^-1)

0.17

30

ϵ

Hospital admission (proportion)

0.75,0.25

31,32

Q

Quarantined CDI ‘0’ yes, ‘1’ no

n/a