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. 2014 Feb 24;2014:949718. doi: 10.1155/2014/949718

Table 1.

Parameter values used for numerical simulations.

Notation Parameters definition Value
Λ Recruitment rate of humans 1.7/day
α 1 Effective contact rate between X h and I h 0.3
α 2 Effective contact rate between X h and I b 0.15
α 3 Effective contact rate between X b and I b 0.12
π Recruitment rate of birds 5/day
ϵ h Rate of immunity loss 0.005
μ h Natural death rate of humans 0.1/day
μ b Natural death rate of birds 0.3/day
γ h Recovery due to treatment 0.3
ρ h Treatment rate 0.75
β h Disease induced death rate in humans 0.4/day
β b Disease induced death rate in birds 3.7/day
ϕ h Progression rate from E h to I h 0.45
ϕ b Progression rate from E b to I b 0.85