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. 2019 Nov 22;9:17408. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53841-8

Table 1.

Explanation of notation (all variables and parameters are non-negative).

Symbol Definition
Variables
Sj Number of susceptible juveniles
Sf(a), Sm(a) Number of susceptible adult women and men with sexual activity a
Sf, Sm Number of susceptible adult women and men: Eq. (7)
Ij Number of infected juveniles
If(a), Im(a) Number of infected adult women and men with sexual activity a
If, Im Number of infected adult women and men: Eq. (8)
Nf, Nm Number of adult women and men: Sf + If, Sm + Im
Θf, Θm Probability that a sexual partner of a man or woman is infected
kf, km Mean number of sexual contacts per unit of time: Eq. (5)
cf, cm Effective number of sexual contacts per unit of time: Eq. (6)
Parameters
a Sexual activity of each individual
pf(a), pm(a) Distribution of sexual activity of women and men
a Mean sexual activity: a = 1
B Number of births per unit of time
α vertical transmission rate from mother to infant (0 ≤ α ≤ 1)
αeff vertical transmission from mother to infant (0 ≤ αeff ≤ 1): Eq. (15)
δ Rate of infertility or stillbirth caused by infection (0 ≤ δ ≤ 1)
λ, λ' Maturing rate for susceptible juveniles and infected juveniles
μj, μj' Natural and pathogenic mortality rates of juveniles
μf, μf' Natural and pathogenic mortality rates of adult women
μm, μm' Natural and pathogenic mortality rates of adult men
ηj, ηf, ηm Recovery rates of juveniles, adult women, and adult men
γ Proportion of men at the time of coming of age (0 < γ < 1)
βm→f Sexual transmission rate from male to female (0 < βm→f < 1)
βf→m Sexual transmission rate from female to male (0 < βf→m < 1)