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Table 2 Sensitivity indices of the state variables at the endemic steady state to the related parameters

From: Effects of the proportion of high-risk patients and control strategies on the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit

 

UH

CH

IH

UL

CL

IL

H

HC

High-risk group

 

θ

+1.4147

-0.0006

-0.0006

-1.9996

-2.0023

-2.0010

+0.0018

-0.3578

λCH

-0.6376

+1.2227

+1.0608

+0.2531

+0.2613

+0.2591

-0.0051

+1.0293

λIH

-0.0406

+0.0466

+0.2140

+0.0127

+0.0132

+0.0130

-0.0003

+0.0632

γH

-0.7898

+0.0019

+1.0064

+0.9999

+1.0024

+1.0015

-0.0016

+0.3160

νH

+0.0814

-0.0002

-1.0002

0.0000

-0.0011

-0.0008

+0.0007

-0.1353

dH

+0.0313

-0.0840

-0.0699

0.0000

-0.0005

-0.0004

+0.0003

-0.0672

pH

-0.1284

+0.1632

+0.9675

0.0000

+0.0019

+0.0014

-0.0012

+0.2429

Low-risk group

 

λCL

-0.0036

+0.0003

+0.0003

-0.0527

+0.9766

+0.7107

-0.0009

+0.1722

λIL

-0.0007

0.0000

0.0000

-0.0011

+0.0166

+0.2840

0.0000

+0.0053

γL

+0.7050

-0.0003

-0.0003

-0.9996

-1.0089

-0.0065

+0.0009

-0.1717

νL

+0.0026

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

-0.0001

-1.0001

0.0000

-0.0086

dL

+0.0004

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

-0.0105

-0.0040

0.0000

-0.0018

pL

-0.0036

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

+0.0445

+0.7601

-0.0001

+0.0141

Others

 

σ

+0.0017

-0.0032

-0.0028

-0.0003

-0.0069

-0.0052

+0.0041

-0.8254

κ

+0.0001

-0.0003

-0.0002

0.0000

-0.0011

-0.0008

+0.0007

-0.1439

β

-0.0010

+0.0018

+0.0015

0.0000

+0.0080

+0.0059

0.0000

+0.0028

αC

-0.0008

+0.0015

+0.0013

0.0000

+0.0068

+0.0051

-0.0043

+0.8590

αI

-0.0001

+0.0003

+0.0002

0.0000

+0.0011

+0.0008

-0.0007

+0.1439

η

+0.0010

-0.0018

-0.0015

0.0000

-0.0080

-0.0059

+0.0050

-1.0028

Np

+1.0018

-0.0033

-0.0029

+0.0001

-0.0149

-0.0110

+0.0043

-0.8738

  1. The plus (minus) sign indicates that a state variable increases (decreases) when a parameter increases while the value reflects a magnitude of impact