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. 2014 Aug 19;421(2):1651–1672. doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2014.08.019

Table 1.

Description of parameters for the system (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7).

Parameter Description Unit
Λ Recruitment rate days1
μ˜ Natural death rate days1
β˜ Contact rate (in absence of NPIs through media coverage) days1
η Modification parameter for reduction in infectiousness of hospitalized individuals
m1, m2 Coefficients of media coverage corresponding to I˜ and H˜
σ˜ Progression rate from exposed to infectious class days1
ξ˜ Recovery rate due to pre-existing cross-protective immunity days1
k˜ Quarantine rate for exposed individuals days1
α˜ Hospitalization rate for quarantined individuals days1
ϕ˜ Hospitalization rate for infectious individuals days1
γ˜1 Recovery rate for non-hospitalized infectious individuals days1
γ˜2 Recovery rate for hospitalized infectious individuals days1
1/θ˜ Average waning period of disease-induced immunity days
δ˜1 Disease-induced death rate for non-hospitalized infectious individuals days1
δ˜2 Disease-induced death rate for hospitalized individuals days1