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A Mathematical Model for Assessing the Impact of Intravenous Drug Misuse on the Dynamics of HIV and HCV within Correctional Institutions

Table 1

Model parameters and their interpretations.


Parameter description	Symbol	Point estimate	Range	Source

Proportion of prisoners recruited into		0.4	0–0.4	[24]
Proportion of prisoners recruited into		0.3	0–0.3	[24]
Proportion of prisoners recruited into		0.1	0–0.1	Assumed
Proportion of prisoners recruited into		0.1	0–0.1	Assumed
Proportion of prisoners recruited into		0.1	0–0.1	Assumed
Rate of progression to AIDS stage		0.125 yr⁻¹	0.01–0.125	[26]
Recruitment rate for prisoners		123 per 100 000	—	[24, 40]
Modification parameter		1.2	≥1	[24]
Modification parameter		1.2	≥1	[24]
Modification parameter		1.2	≥1	[24]
Natural mortality rate		0.0142 yr⁻¹	0.01–0.02	[24]
HCV transmissibility		0.1	0.0084–0.1	[41, 42]
HIV transmissibility		0.05	0.0084–0.1	[41, 42]
Behaviour change		0.1 yr⁻¹	0–0.2	[24]
Release rate		0.2 yr⁻¹	0.125–0.33	[24, 43]