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. 2009 Jan 22;9:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-8

Table 1.

Model parameters and estimations

parameter description baseline value references
1/μA mean infectious period of asymptomatic infection 4.1 days [3,6,7]
1/μU mean infectious period of untreated symptomatic infection 4.1 days [3,6,7]
1/μT mean infectious period of treated symptomatic infection 4.1 days [3,6,7]
dU death rate of untreated symptomatic infection 0.002 day-1 [12,19]
dT death rate of treated symptomatic infection 0.001 day-1 [12,19]
dU,r death rate of resistant infection (low fitness) 0.0002 day-1 [12,19]
dr,U death rate of resistant infection (high fitness) 0.0008 day-1 [12,19]
δ A relative transmissibility of asymptomatic infection 0.142 [6,7,19]
δ T relative transmissibility of treated symptomatic infection 0.4 [3,12,19]
δ r relative transmissibility of resistant strain (high fitness) 0.9 [19,27]
p probability of developing clinical symptoms 0.67 [6,7]
α rate of emergence of de novo resistance 0.018 day-1 [19,25]
γ rate of conversion between resistant mutants 0.0036 day-1 [19,25]
q treatment level variable

Description of the model parameters with their values obtained from the published literature.