Research Article
Assessing the Impact of Drug Resistance on the Transmission Dynamics of Typhoid Fever
Table 1
Model parameters and their interpretations.
| Parameter definition | Symbol | Units | Point estimate | Range | Source |
| Disease-induced mortality for class | | /year | 0.01 | 0.01–0.3 | [31] | Disease-induced mortality for class | | /year | 0.012 | 0.01–0.3 | [31] | Disease-induced mortality for class | | /year | 0.015 | 0.01–0.3 | [31] | Disease-induced mortality for class | | /year | 0.02 | 0.01–0.3 | [31] | Typhoid transmission for class | | — | 0.01 | 0.00001–0.025 | Assumed | Typhoid transmission for class | | — | 0.015 | 0.00001–0.025 | Assumed | Typhoid transmission for class | | — | 0.02 | 0.00001–0.025 | Assumed | Typhoid transmission for class | | — | 0.025 | 0.00001–0.025 | Assumed | Natural mortality rate | | /year | 0.0142 | 0.01–0.02 | [38] | Rate of becoming symptomatic infectious for class | | /year | 0.05 | 0.05–0.1 | [31] | Rate of becoming symptomatic infectious for class | | /year | 0.09 | 0.05–0.1 | [31] | Proportion of individuals who join | | — | 0.5 | 0.0–1.0 | Assumed | Recruitment rate | | People/year | 1000000 | — | [29, 31] | Recovery rate | | /year | 0.150 | 0.0–0.2 | Assumed |
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