Table 2.
Description of parameters with units for metapopulation model.
| Parameters | Description | Units | |
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| μi | Birth and death (non-disease related) | day−1 | |
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Person–person contact rate | km2 ind.−1 day−1 | |
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Reservoir–person contact rate | km2 ind.−1 day−1 | |
| γi | Duration of infectiousness of the disease | day−1 | |
| δi | Death due to disease | day−1 | |
| ξi | Pathogen decay in water | day−1 | |
| dS | Diffusion coefficient (for all susceptibles) | day−1 | |
| dR | Diffusion coefficient (for all recovered) | day−1 | |
| dI | Diffusion coefficient (for infected) | day−1 | |
| dW | Diffusion coefficient (for pathogen) | day−1 |