Research Article

The Effect of Seasonal Weather Variation on the Dynamics of the Plague Disease

Table 1

Parameters and their description.

ParametersDescriptionValueReference/source

Adequate contact rate: between and flea0.1Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and flea0.1Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and human0.0641Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and rodent0.0641Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.39Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.12Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.19Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.21Estimated
Progression rate of to population0.99Estimated
Progression rate out of to infectious state0.23Gani and Leach [37]
Progression rate out of to
Progression rate out of to
Progression rate out of to
Disease induced death rate of 0.04Keeling and Gilligan [38]
Progression rate out of to and 0.06Estimated
Disease induced death rate of 0.04Estimated
Progression rate out of to 0.4Gani and Leach [37]
Disease induced death rate of 0.63Kugeler et al. [39]
Progression rate of to 0.92Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and flea0.1Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and flea0.1Eisen et al. [36]
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.9Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.9Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.00005Estimated
Adequate contact rate: between and 0.00008Estimated
The rate at which rodent becomes infectious0.98Estimated
Progression rate out of to and 0.194Tollenaere et al. [40]
Disease induced death rate of 0.1Estimated
Progression rate out of to 0.05Estimated
Disease induced death rate of 73Tollenaere et al. [40]
Disease induced death rate of 0.14Estimated
Progression rate of to 0.33Kugeler et al. [39]
Natural death rate for human being 0.04Keeling and Gilligan [38]
Natural death rate for flea0.2Bacot and Martin [7]
Natural death rate for rodent1Morand and Harvey [41]
Adequate contact rate: and human being
Adequate contact rate: and rodent
Recruitment rate of by 0.2Estimated
Recruitment rate of by 0.4Estimated
Natural death rate for pathogens0.1Estimated
Recruitment rate of human beings0.09Estimated
Recruitment rate of fleas
Recruitment rate of rodents