Table 1.

Description, ranges and baseline values of parameters of the model (2).

Parameter	Description	Baseline value (range)	Ref.
$\text{Π}$	Recruitment rate	11826/week	World Health Organization (2018c)
d	Natural death rate	0.00054/week	World Health Organization (2018c)
b	Transmission probability per contact	0.054	Legrand et al. (2007)
${\eta }_T$	Modification parameter for infectiousness of hospitalized individuals	0.86	Legrand et al. (2007)
${\eta }_Q$	Modification parameter for infectiousness of infected quarantined individuals	0.502 (0.5–0.9)	Legrand et al. (2007)
${\eta }_D$	Modification parameter for infectiousness of Ebola-deceased individuals	3.89	Legrand et al. (2007)
k	Average per capita contact rate in the community	9.15/week	Legrand et al. (2007)
q	Quarantine rate of susceptible individuals	0.125 (0.05–0.5)/week	Fitted
$r_Q$	Rate of release from quarantine	1.107 (0.5–2)/week	Fitted
$k_Q^Q$	Average per capita contact rate during quarantine	7.97/week	Fitted
$1/p$	Incubation period	1.498 week	(Gomes et al., 2014; Legrand et al., 2007; Pandey et al., 2014)
v	Recovery rate	0.362/week	(Gomes et al., 2014; Legrand et al., 2007)
m	Ebola-induced death rate	0.797/week	(Gomes et al., 2014; Legrand et al., 2007; Pandey et al., 2014)
w	Hospitalization rate	1.58/week	(Gomes et al., 2014; Legrand et al., 2007; Rivers et al., 2014)
$1/f$	Mean time from death due to Ebola to burial	0.762 weeks	World Health Organization (2015)