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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 145, No. 12: 1127-1137
Copyright © 1997 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of the Basic Reproductive Rate: Tuberculosis as an Example

Melissa A. Sanchez1 and Sally M. Blower2

1Epidemiology Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

The basic reproductive rate (Ro) is a measure of the severity of an epidemic. On the basis of replicated Latin hypercube sampling, the authors performed an uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the basic reproductive rate of tuberculosis (TB). The uncertainty analysis allowed for the derivation of a frequency distribution for Ro and the assessment of the relative contribution each of the three components of Ro made when TB epidemics first arose centuries ago. (The three components of Ro are associated with fast, slow, and relapse TB.) Ro estimates indicated the existence of fairly severe epidemics when TB epidemics first arose. The Ro for the susceptible persons who developed TB slowly (RoSlow) contributed the most to the Ro estimates; however, the relative RoSlow contribution decreased as the severity of TB epidemics increased. The sensitivity of the magnitude of Ro to the uncertainty in estimating values of each of the input parameters was assessed. These results indicated that five of the nine input parameters, because of their estimation uncertainty, were influential in determining the magnitude of Ro. This uncertainty and sensitivity methodology provides results that can aid investigators in understanding the historical epidemiology of TB by quantifying the effect of the transmission processes involved. Additionally, this method can be applied to the Ro of any other infectious disease to estimate the probability of an epidemic outbreak. Am J Epidemiol 1997; 145: 1127–37.

basic reproductive rate; epidemic; sensitivity analysis; tuberculosis; uncertainty analysis


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