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Table 2 Assumptions for a Reed Frost model of an OsHV-1 outbreak in C. gigas due to introduction of infected oysters

From: Counting the dead to determine the source and transmission of the marine herpesvirus OsHV-1 in Crassostrea gigas

Parameter

Values used

Comment

Reference

Population size of susceptible oysters (S)

40, 50, 90, 500, 2000

100 000, 1 000 000

For tray segments, baskets and upwellers

Relevant to commercial spat cultivation

This paper

Prevalence at the start %

0.1, 1, 10

Infected oysters introduced into the population

 

Incubation period days

1, 2, 3, 7

Spat: 1–4 days median

Juvenile to adult: 2–3 days for intramuscular injection; up to a few days longer for cohabitation

This paper

Schikorski et al. [28]

Schikorski et al. [55]

Paul-Pont et al. [43]

Evans et al. [8]

Probability of effective contact (p)

0.001–0.1

No known values in sedentary aquatic hosts

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