Table 1 Parameters used in the model
From: The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa
Parameter | Value | Source |
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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% | |
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] |