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. 2026 Feb 27;14:RP107346. doi: 10.7554/eLife.107346

Table 4. Preliminary parameter values for the susceptible-infectious-recovered (SIR) model.

Parameter description Notation Value Unit Reference
Per capita birth rate b 0.00215 day–1 Gachohi et al., 2016
Per capita natural death rate μ 0.0016 day–1 Nicolas et al., 2014
RVF specific mortality rate γ 0.075 day–1 Gachohi et al., 2016
RVF recovery rate δ 1/8 day–1 Durand et al., 2020
Scaling factor ψ 2 Assumed
Decay rate of RVFV seropositivity π 0.005 week–1 Assumed
Total M population NM 177,004 2016 Livestock Census
Total L population NL 80,433 2016 Livestock Census
Total T population NT 35,400 2016 Livestock Census