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. 2010 Dec 20;5(12):e14307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014307

Table 2. Population and parameters with description, values and sources for the 1st wave model.

Symbols Description Value Source
Populations
Inline graphic Susceptible
Inline graphic Exposed
Inline graphic Asymptomatic
Inline graphic Symptomatic untreated
Inline graphic Symptomatic, treated day one of WOP
Inline graphic Symptomatic, treated day two of WOP
Inline graphic Recovered from Inline graphic
Inline graphic Recovered from Inline graphic
Inline graphic Recovered from Inline graphic
Inline graphic Recovered from Inline graphic
Parameters
Inline graphic Baseline transmission rate of infection variable with school closure Inline graphic decreasing after 70 days
Inline graphic Mean incubation period 3 days [21], [31]
Inline graphic Mean infectious period of asymptomatic infection 4.1 days [16]
Inline graphic Mean infectious period of untreated symptomatic infection 2.85 days [11], [28]
Inline graphic Mean infectious period of symptomatic if treated on day one WOP 1.05 days [28], [42]
Inline graphic Mean infectious period of symptomatic if treated on day two WOP 2 days [28], [42]
Inline graphic Length of the WOP 2 days [12], [27]
Inline graphic Death rate of untreated symptomatic infection 0.002/day [28]
Inline graphic Death rate of symptomatic treated on day one of WOP 0.0001/day [28]
Inline graphic Death rate of symptomatic treated on day two of WOP 0.0002/day [28]
Inline graphic Relative infectiousness of asymptomatic infection 0.071 [28]
Inline graphic Relative infectiousness of untreated symptomatic infection 0.143 [28]
Inline graphic Relative infectiousness of treated (day one) symptomatic infection 0.3 [28] and assumption
Inline graphic Relative infectiousness of treated (day two) symptomatic infection 0.4 [28]
Inline graphic Probability of developing symptoms 0.6 [11], [16], [22], [24], [31]
Inline graphic Maximum treatment level in WOP 0.4