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. 2020 Dec 25;2(52):995–998. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.266

Table 1. Definitions and estimated values of parameters.

Parameter Definition Estimated value
Abbreviations: TB=tuberculosis; RR-TB=rifampin resistant TB.
Λ Constant recruitment of the population 486,245
β1 Transmission rate of infectious drug-sensitive TB cases 8.69×10−12
β2 Transmission rate of infectious RR-TB cases 2.52×10−10
k Progressive rate from the exposed to the infectious 1.65×10−3
τ1 Drug resistance rate of new patients 2.39×10−2
σ Detection rate of the infectious 6.20×10−1
ρ Progressive rate from drug-sensitive TB to RR-TB 8.85×10−2
γ1 Treatment successful rates of infectious drug-sensitive cases 9.14×10−1
γ2 Treatment successful rates of infectious RR-TB cases 8.99×10−1
ω Recurrence rate from recovered 5.94×10−3
τ2 Drug resistance rate of recurrent patients 1.25×10−1
μ0 Natural mortality rate 7.46×10−3
μ1 Fatality rates of TB in infectious drug-sensitive TB cases 9.32×10−3
μ2 Fatality rates of TB in infectious RR-TB cases 2.26×10−2