Research Article

Prevention of Leptospirosis Infected Vector and Human Population by Multiple Control Variables

Table 2

Parameter values used in the numerical simulations of the optimal control.

Notation Parameter description Value Reference

Recruitment rate for human1.6[12]
Proportionality constant 0.066 [11]
Natural death rate of human 4.6 × 10−5[12]
Natural death rate of vector 1.8 × 10−3[12]
Death rate due to disease at human class 1.0 × 10−5[26]
Recovery rate of the infection 2.7 × 10−3[26]
Death rate at infected class of vector 1.82 × 10−3[11]
Birth rate of vector 1.9 Assumed
Transmission between and 0.0089 Assumed
Transmission between and 0.0079 Assumed
Transmission coefficient between and 0.00013 Assumed
Natural death rate of vector0.0027 [12]