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Table 1 Parameters used in the model

From: The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa

Parameter

Value

Source

Basic reproduction number

2.5

[26] {Li, 2020 #5}

Infectious period

9 days of which 2 in latency and 7 symptomatic

[27]

Increased susceptibility to COVID-19 due to measles

1.44 for 0–4 years old

1.03 for 5–9 years old

1.03 for 10–14 years old

Calculated

Time to isolation once symptomatic

5 days

[44]

Effectiveness of home quarantine in latency period

50% reduction in the R0

[45]

Effectiveness of isolation

100% (no transmissions)

 

Duration of home quarantine

14 days

WHO recommendation [46]

Duration of isolation

14 days

 

Proportion of asymptomatic or very mild infectious

35%

[24,25,26]

Proportion of contacts identified for home quarantine

60%

[23]

Proportion of symptomatic people that get isolated after 5 days

80%

[23]

Age-specific case fatality rate (%) for the 16 age groups

0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.4, 0.4, 1.3, 1.3, 3.6, 3.6, 8, 14.8

[47]