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. 2018 Jun 15;3:118–135. doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2018.06.002

Table 1.

Descriptions of the parameters and compartments. (y = years; p = person).

Parameter Description Default
p vaccinated proportion of the population (varies)
β transmission coefficient 260 y1p1
γ recovery rate 17 y1
ν strength of immune boosting relative to the force of infection 3
μ birth and death rate 1/80 y1
κn rate of loss of infection-acquired immunity (varies) y1
κv rate of loss of vaccine-acquired immunity (varies) y1
Tn average duration of infection-acquired immunity without boosting (1/κn) (varies) y
Tv
average duration of vaccine-acquired immunity without boosting (1/κv)
(varies) y
State
Description

S1 susceptible to primary infection
I1 infectious with primary infection
R recovered from an infection and fully immune
W recovered from an infection with waning infection-acquired immunity
S2 susceptible to a secondary infection
I2 infectious with secondary infection
V vaccinated and fully immune
Wv vaccinated with waning vaccine-acquired immunity