Table 2 Parameter values for the Lassa fever model (1)
From: Modeling, analyzing and simulating the dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria
Parameter | Description | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
\(\pi _{h}\) | Recruitment rate of humans through birth or immigration | 68,088 | Estimated |
\(\sigma _{h}\) | Disease progression rate from exposed to infectious human | 0.5185 | Estimated |
\(\mu _{h}\) | Natural death rate of humans | 0.0003 | Estimated |
\(\delta _{h}\) | Disease induced death rate for humans | 0.1323 | Estimated |
\(\xi _{h}\) | Immunity waning rate of humans | 0.3278 | Fitted |
\(\tau _{h}\) | Recovery rate of infectious humans | 0.0027 | Fitted |
\(\beta _{h}\) | Transmission probability from human-to-human | 0.1250 | Fitted |
\(\beta _{rh}\) | Transmission probability from rodent-to-human | 0.0509 | Fitted |
\(\beta _{hr}\) | Transmission probability from human-to-rodent | 0.0137 | Fitted |
\(\beta _{r}\) | Transmission probability from rodent-to-rodent | 0.0254 | Fitted |
\(\pi _{r}\) | Recruitment rate of rodents through birth | 577 | Estimated |
\(\mu _{r}\) | Natural death rate of rodents | 0.0192 | Estimated |