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Table 4 Estimates of partial rank correlation coefficients (PRCCs) between the input values of the model and the output of interest, namely the probability of ESBL-EC transmission in the household. a Not statistically significant

From: Hand hygiene improvement or antibiotic restriction to control the household transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: a mathematical modelling study

Parameter

Description

PRCC

  

2-person household

(index = woman)

4-person household (index = woman)

dcol

median duration of colonisation

0.81

0.88

pcont,t

probability of hand contamination after using the toilet

0.81

0.74

ptr

probability of contact-to-contact transmission

0.90

0.76

pcol

probability of gut colonisation

0.83

0.61

rrcol

relative risk of gut colonisation in a contaminated person receiving antibiotics

0.06a

0.50

pcol,feed

probability of gut colonisation in a baby

0.66

HHt,w

HH after using the toilet, woman

−0.70

−0.58

HHe,m

HH before eating, man

−0.48

− 0.19a

HHf,w

HH before feeding, woman

−0.44

HHe,ch

HH before eating, children

−0.30