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Table 2 Parameter description and values of SEIAR model

From: Relative transmissibility of shigellosis among male and female individuals: a modeling study in Hubei Province, China

Parameter

Description

Unit

Value

Range

Method

βmm

Transmission relative rate among male individuals

Individuals-1·days-1

see text

≥ 0

Curve fitting

βff

Transmission relative rate among female individuals

Individuals-1·days-1

see text

≥ 0

Curve fitting

βfm

Transmission relative rate from female to male

Individuals-1·days-1

see text

≥ 0

Curve fitting

βmf

Transmission relative rate from male to female

Individuals-1·days-1

see text

≥ 0

Curve fitting

k

Relative transmissibility rate of asymptomatic to symptomatic individuals

1

0.3125

0–1

References [17]

p

Proportion of the asymptomatic

1

0.1

0.0037–0.2700

References [18,19,20]

ω

Incubation relative rate

days-1

1

0.3333–1.000

References [21,22,23]

γ

Recovery rate of the infectious

days-1

0.0741

0.0477–0.1428

References [24, 25]

γ’

Recovery rate of the asymptomatic

days-1

0.0286

0–0.0357

References [17]

f

Fatality of the disease

1

0

0.0003–0.0009

References [26, 27]

br

Birth rate of the population

1

-

0.00002384–0.00003452

Hubei Statistical Yearbook

dr

Death rate of the population

1

-

0.00001562–0.00001918

Hubei Statistical Yearbook

q

Proportion of male

1

-

0.5078–0.5186

Hubei Statistical Yearbook

  1. Note: - : Not applicable;
  2. SEIAR Susceptible–Exposed–Infectious/Asymptomatic–Recovered