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Table 3 Parameter descriptions and values for Model 3

From: Assessing parameter identifiability in compartmental dynamic models using a computational approach: application to infectious disease transmission models

Parameters

Description

Value

N

Population size

200,000

βI

Transmission rate in the community (per day)

0.084

βH

Transmission rate in the hospital (per day)

0.1134

βF

Transmission rate at traditional funerals (per day)

1.093

1/α

Incubation period (days)

7

θ

Proportion of cases hospitalized

0.80

1/γh

Time from symptom onset to hospitalization (days)

5

1/γd

Time from symptom onset to death (days)

9.6

1/γi

Time from symptom onset to the end of infectiousness for survivors (days)

10

δ

Case fatality ratio

0.81

δ1

\( {\updelta}_1=\frac{\updelta {\gamma}_i}{\updelta {\gamma}_i+\left(1-\updelta \right){\gamma}_d} \)

0.80

δ2

\( {\updelta}_2=\frac{\updelta {\gamma}_{ih}}{\updelta {\gamma}_{ih}+\left(1-\updelta \right){\gamma}_{dh}} \)

0.80

1/γih

Infectious period for survivors (days)

5

1/γdh

Time from hospitalization to death (days)

4.6

1/γf

Time from death to funeral (days)

2

R0

Basic reproductive number

2.685

  1. Parameter values are consistent with the 1995 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo [25]