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. 2021 Feb 15;2021(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s13662-021-03271-6

Table 2.

Descriptions and values of model parameters

Parameters Description Value (range) Source
I1peak Peak limit of COVID-19 [104,105] Assumed
I2peak Peak limit of cholera [105,5 × 105] Assumed
u1(t) Time-dynamic function to measure the social distancing rate [0.05,0.5] [17]
u2(t) Time-dynamic function to measure the quarantining rate [0.01,0.3] [17]
u3(t) Time-dynamic function to measure the testing rate [0.1,0.3] [17]
u4(t) Time-dynamic function to measure the fraction of susceptible individuals who have access to CWT for water purification [0.2,1] [10]
tlatent1 Latent period of the virus 0.5 days−1 [17]
αc(t) Direct transmission rate of cholera 5.5e7 [11]
β Indirect transmission rate of cholera 0.02325/week Estimated
KB Half saturation constant 106 (cell/ml) [11]
μ1 Susceptible to COVID-19 after recovering 0, [17]
μ2 Susceptible to cholera after recovering 0.0003/week, [11]
μ12 Susceptible to both COVID-19 and cholera after recovering 0 Assumed
ρ Infectious period for subjects with unconfirmed infections 0.1 days−1 [17]
δ1 Infection rate with cholera from COVID-19 patient 0 Estimated
β1, β2 Recovery rate from COVID-19 and cholera 0.005, 1.5 Estimated
λ1 Infected rate of cholera after recovery from COVID-19 0 Estimated
υ1 Recovery rate from COVID-19 and cholera sequentially 0 Estimated
ω1, ω2, ω12 Death rate by COVID-19, cholera, and both 0.0447, 0.0002, 0 Estimated
α12 Infected rate by both cholera and COVID-19 simultaneously 0 Estimated
δ2 Infected rate with COVID-19 from cholera patient. 0 Estimated
ξ Shedding rate (infected) 70 (cell/ml week−1 person−1) [11]
τ Bacteria death rate 0.233 /week [11]
λ2 Infected rate by COVID-19 after recovering from cholera 0 Estimated
υ2 Recovery rate from cholera and COVID-19 sequentially 0 Estimated
υ12 Recovery rate from both COVID-19 and cholera simultaneously 0 Estimated
k Bacteria carrying capacity KB/2 [11]
b Allee threshold when τ = 0 KB/10 [11]
r Bacterial intrinsic growth rate 1 [11]
Λ A constant rate of the total population 0.3 Assumed