From: Optimal control analysis of Ebola disease with control strategies of quarantine and vaccination
Parameter | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
Î | Recruitment rate | 1.7 |
1/μ | Average life of human | 63 |
β | Transmission rate of disease | 0.20–0.39 |
ψ H | Modification parameter for infection rate | |
 | of high risk susceptible individuals | 1.2–2 |
δ I | Disease-induced death rate of infected individuals | 0.10 |
δ H | Disease-induced death rate of hospitalized | |
 | individuals | 0.5 |
θ I | Recovery rate of infected individuals | 0.10 |
θ H | Recovery rate of hospitalized individuals | 0.20 |
α | Rate at which latent individuals become infectious | 0.10 |
Ï„ | Hospitalization rate for infected individuals | 0.16 |
η | Modification parameter for relative infectiousness |  |
 | of hospitalized individuals | 1.0–1.5 |