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. 2015 Oct 6;12(111):20150703. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0703

Table 1.

Parameter values in both epidemic and endemic settings. Italicized parameter values differ between the endemic and epidemic setting.

symbol description endemic value epidemic value references
b human birth and death rates (d−1) 6.8 × 10−5 6.8 × 10−5
β transmission rate (rate of exposure) 0.06–0.17 0.06–0.17 [16,17]
γ recovery rate (d−1) 0.2 0.2 [17]
Inline graphic Vibrio excretion rate (cells ml d−1) 10 10 [16]
κ concentration with 50% chance of infection (cells ml−1) 106 106 [16]
δ Vibrio decay rate in environment (d−1) 0.067 0.033–0.33 [1820]
σ seasonal amplitude in δt 0.4 0.95
ωN loss of natural immunity (d−1) 0.00027 0.00027 [21]
τ vaccine efficacy 0.75 0.75 [2225]
ωV loss of vaccine-derived immunity (d−1) 0.00055 0.00055 [23,26]