From: Mathematical models for devising the optimal Ebola virus disease eradication
Parameters | Definition |
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á | The isolation rate, i.e. the rate of people moved from the infective group to the hospital isolated group |
\(\hat{a}\) | The infection rate, i.e. the rate of the susceptible population get infected |
\(\tilde{a}_{E}\) | The outflow rate of early stage infected group, i.e. the rate that early infected people turn advanced infected |
\(\tilde{a}_{L}\) | The outflow rate of advanced infected group, i.e. the rate that advanced infected people die of the disease |
ό | The outflow rate of the incubation group to the early stage infective group |
ù | The outflow rate of the isolation group, that is the rate of isolated patients get cured. |
N | The total population |
Nc(t) | Number of other household in other countries of one un-hospitalized infected people at time t; |
c | Comprehensive treatment and immunization rate |
\(\Delta\) | The ratio of the case input (<0) or the output (>0) |