Parameter estimates for the mass action models for snakebites (median and standard deviation).

βi, l parameters are those of the function of human population density to adjust total snake abundance in relation to humans in each land cover class. rl are the negative binomial dispersion parameter for each land cover class. Bs are the estimated contact rates for each snake species after adjusting the point intensities for relative abundances and weighting for aggressiveness behaviour. The star * indicates the parameters whose 95% credible intervals do not contain zero (only relevant to βi, l). Rows with grey background show estimates for the spatial version of the model. H. spp corresponds to Hypnale spp, and T. trig. to T. trigonocephalus. θLC denotes parameters related to land cover and θSpp denotes parameters for snake species.