Mathematical Analysis of Malaria-Schistosomiasis Coinfection Model

Table 2

Table showing numerical values of parameters used in the model.

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Source
Disease induced death rate due to malaria only		0.05	[23]
Probability of human getting infected with malaria		0.8333	[24, 25]
Rate of acquiring schistosomiasis through contact with infected snails		0.406	[26]
Rate of acquiring schistosomiasis through contacts with infected humans		0.0004	[26]
Probability of mosquito getting infected by an infectious human		0.09	[24, 25]
Malaria schistosomiasis immunity waning rate		0.0005	[24]
Schistosomiasis induced death rate		0.02	[assumed]
Malaria disease induced death rate		0.06	[assumed]
Coinfected population who recovered from malaria only		0.12	[assumed]
Disease induced death rate of human due to schistosomiasis only		0.0039	[27]
Disease induced death rate of snails due to schistosomiasis only		0.0004012	[28]
Human spontaneous recovery		0.005	[13]
Rate of loss of immunity to the schistosomiasis disease only		0.7	[assumed]
Rate of loss of immunity to malaria and schistosomiasis disease		0.0005	[24, 25]
Human spontaneous recovery from schistosomiasis only		0.56	[assumed]
Recovery rate of coinfected individual		0.7	[assumed]
Modification parameter		1.3	[assumed]
Modification parameter		1.4	[assumed]
Per capita birth rate of mosquitoes		1000	[24, 29]
Per capita birth rate of snails		200	[8]
Natural death rate of humans		0.00004	[10]
Per capita biting rate of mosquitoes		0.2	[30–32]
Contact rate of vector per human per unit time		0.502	[33]
Per capita biting rate of humans		0.2	[30, 34]
Natural death rate of mosquitoes		0.1429	[24]
Natural death rate of snails		0.0000569	[26]
Rate of loss of immunity to the malaria disease only		0.7902	[24, 29, 35]
Per capita birth rate of humans		100	[36]