Table 2.

Parameters of the HCV epidemiological model [12]

Parameter	Description
${\delta }_1$	increase rate of exposed (E) immigrants
${\delta }_2$	increase rate of acute‐infected (I) immigrants
${\delta }_3$	increase rate of chronic‐infected (V) immigrants
$\lambda$	recruitment rate
$\mu$	natural death rate
$\kappa$	rate of progression from acute‐infected (I) class to other classes
$ϵ$	rate of progression to acute‐infected (I) class from exposed (E) class
${\beta }_1$	transmission rate of acutely infected (I) population
${\beta }_2$	transmission rate of chronically infected (V) population
${\beta }_3$	transmission rate of treated (T) population
${\pi }_1$	rate of progression from acute‐ infected (I) population to treated (T) population
${\pi }_2$	rate of progression from acute‐ infected (I) to chronically infected (V) population
${\varphi }_1$	effective contact rate of individuals with acute HCV
${\varphi }_2$	effective contact rate of individuals with chronic HCV
${\varphi }_3$	the effective contact rate of individuals undergoing treatment but not cured yet
${\eta }_1$	transmission probability of individuals with acute HCV
${\eta }_2$	transmission probability of individuals with chronic HCV
${\eta }_3$	transmission probability of individuals undergoing treatment but not cured yet
ρ	treatment rate
$\alpha$	natural recovery rate from chronic infection (V)