Table 1.
symbol | description | endemic value | epidemic value | references |
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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] |
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 | [18–20] |
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 | [22–25] |
ωV | loss of vaccine-derived immunity (d−1) | 0.00055 | 0.00055 | [23,26] |