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. 2024 Nov 14;12:1437678. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1437678

Table 2.

Parameters in our proposed model.

Symbol Description Value (USA) Value (Pakistan) Unit
β1 Per capita birth rate of susceptible adults 0.01192 0.029 yr −1
v 2 Transmission rate due to A3 1.55 × 10−10 0.0142 yr −1
r Probability of vertical transmission from A2 0.40 0.40 D.L
ϵ Probability of vertical transmission from A3 0.1 0.1 D.L
α Disease-induced death rate 1/19 1/13 yr −1
μ1 Natural juvenile mortality rate 0.001541 0.0109 yr −1
μ2 Natural adult mortality rate 1/65.57 1/51.7536 yr −1
η Maturation rate of juvenile population 1/13 1/15 yr −1
K Carrying capacity of population 645.42 407.39 Million
μ Natural mortality rate 1/78.57 1/66.7536 yr −1
m Density-dependent death rate β1-μK β1-μK yr −1

All parameters were either estimated using data or taken from different references. Here, D.L denotes that the unit is dimensionless.