Table 2. Parameter values that were used in stability analysis.

Parameter	Explanation of the parameter	Parameter values	Exceptions in parameter values
rS	Susceptible host growth rate	0.01	0.001–0.5 (Fig. 1D, 3D, 4D)
rP	Pathogen growth rate outside-host	0.001–0.5	0.06 (Fig. 2A) 0–0.15 (Fig. 2B)
μSI	Mortality of the susceptible and infected hosts due to other reasons than infection	10−3
μinf	Virulence (Mortality of the infected hosts due to infection)	0.1	0.001–0.5 (Fig. 1A, 3A, 4A)
μP	Pathogen mortality outside-host	0.1	0.1–0.5 (Fig. 1B, 3B, 4B)
β	Pathogen transmission rate to susceptible hosts from environment	10−5
Λ	Pathogen release rate from infected hosts when they die	105	5×103–1.5×105 (Fig. 1C, 3C, 4C)
fP	Negative influence of pathogen population density on its growth	10−5	0–10−6 (Fig. 2A)