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. 2016 Jun;12(6):20151079. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1079

Table 1.

Parameter values used in SIYR model. These parameter values result in an R0 = 2.0 in the absence of sexual transmission. Time unit is months (correspondingly months−1 for rates).

description value
N total population size 1000
γ mean recovery rate from symptomatic infection 2
ϕ degree of intervention to current incidence 0.054
βC transmission rate through direct-contact 0.01334
α scaling parameter of gamma distribution/number of sexually infectious pseudo-stages 5
η rate parameter of gamma distribution/pseudo-stage transition rate 0.722
ω mean recovery rate from sexually infectious phase (η/α) 0.144
p proportion of directly infectious individuals who become sexually infectious 0.0–0.5
βS transmission rate through sexual contact 0.0–0.5
ψ probability of disease-induced mortality 0.7