Table 1 Definition of those parameters in the Bats-Hosts-Reservoir-People (BHRP) model
From: A mathematical model for simulating the phase-based transmissibility of a novel coronavirus
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
nB | The birth rate parameter of bats |
nH | The birth rate parameter of hosts |
nP | The birth rate parameter of people |
mB | The death rate of bats |
mH | The death rate of hosts |
mP | The death rate of people |
1/ωB | The incubation period of bats |
1/ωH | The incubation period of hosts |
1/ωP | The incubation period of people |
1/ω’P | The latent period of people |
1/γB | The infectious period of bats |
1/γH | The infectious period of hosts |
1/γP | The infectious period of symptomatic infection of people |
1/γ’P | The infectious period of asymptomatic infection of people |
βB | The transmission rate from IB to SB |
βBH | The transmission rate from IB to SH |
βH | The transmission rate from IH to SH |
βP | The transmission rate from IP to SP |
βW | The transmission rate from W to SP |
a | The retail purchases rate of the hosts in the market |
μP | The shedding coefficients from IP to W |
μ’P | The shedding coefficients from AP to W |
1/ε | The lifetime of the virus in W |
δP | The proportion of asymptomatic infection rate of people |
κ | The multiple of the transmissibility of AP to that of IP. |