Table 1.

Description of parameter values used in the model and their possible range of values

S/No.	Parameter	Description	Values / Range ()	Source
1		Transmission rate	25–200	Irving et al. [17]
2		Odds in favor of carrier infecting a susceptible over an infective	0.5–10	[11]
3		Proportion of moving to	0–1	[17]
4		Rate of loss of carriership	1–52	[17]
5		Rate at which a carrier becomes stage one infective		[17]
6		Rate at which stage one infective develops complication		[1],
7		Recovery rate of stage one infective	20–52	[17]
8		Recovery rate of individuals with complication	20–52	Assumed
9		Rate at which recovered individuals lose immunity	0.04–2	[17]
10		Disease-induced death rate		[17]