Table 1. Model parameters.
Parameter | Meaning | Value | Ref |
rate for recent activation | 0.9/y | [15] | |
relative infectiousness HIV+ TB | 0.5 | [19], [21], [31] | |
Weibull shape forduration active TB | 2.5 | guess | |
Weibull timescale (HIV−) forduration active TB | 1 y† | [21], [32] | |
Weibull timescale (HIV+) forduration active TB | 0.25 y† | [21], [33] | |
initial incidence TB disease | 600./y† | [1] | |
HIV prevalence inincident TB cases | 75%† | [1] | |
initial proportion TB diseaseincidence ‘recent’ | 72%† | [22] | |
initial TB case-detectionrate (HIV+/−) | 50%† * | [1] |
Default example: changes in parameter investigated.
*Only affects conclusions about numbers of cases found.