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Table 1 Estimates of parameters and initial values of variables in model (1)

From: The effect of control measures on COVID-19 transmission in Italy: Comparison with Guangdong province in China

Parameters

Definition

value

Source

c

Initial contact rate

15

Estimated

β

Probability of successful transmission

0.1334

Estimated

θ

Transmission probability reduction of asymptomatically infected individuals

0.1

Estimated

ρ

Ratio of symptomatic infection

0.6

Estimated

q

Quarantine rate of exposed individuals

0.415

Estimated

σ

Transition rate of exposed individuals to the infected class

1/7

[33]

λ

Rate at which the quarantined uninfected contacts are released

1/14

[22]

δI

Transition rate of symptomatically infected individuals to the quarantined infected class

0.2257

Estimated

δq

Transition rate of quarantined exposed individuals to the quarantined infected class

0.2

Estimated

γI

Recovery rate of symptomatically infected individuals

0.02

Estimated

γA

Recovery rate of asymptomatically infected individuals

0.07

Estimated

γH

Recovery rate of quarantined infected individuals

0.0239

Estimated

α

Disease-induced death rate

0.013

Estimated

N

The total population

6.048×107

Data

E(0)

Initial exposed population

26

Estimated

I(0)

Initial symptomatically infected population

20

Estimated

A(0)

Initial asymptomatically infected population

5

Estimated

Sq(0)

Initial quarantined susceptible population

51

Estimated

Eq(0)

Initial quarantined exposed population

13

Estimated

H(0)

Initial quarantined infected population

3

Data

R(0)

Initial recovered population

0

Data