The Role of Control Measures and the Environment in the Transmission Dynamics of Cholera

Table 1

Description of parameters involved in the flow chart diagram.

Parameter	Description
	Rate of Vibrio ingestion in the environment
	Human-to-human interaction
	Educating individuals on reducing the contact between infected people
	Treating water bodies in the environment
ω	Concentration of Vibrio cholerae in the environment
K	Carrying capacity of Vibrio cholerae
r	Growth rate of each Vibrio cholerae in the environment
	Recruitment rate
	Recovery rate
η	Rate of human contribution to Vibrio cholerae
δ	Decay rate of vibrios
μ	Natural death rate
γ	Disease-induced death rate
τ	Vaccination rate
α	Saturation factor