Modeling the Spread of Tuberculosis in Semiclosed Communities

Table 1

Parameters of the model, its descriptions, and its units.

Parameter	Description	Unit
β	Transmission rate	1/year
Π	Recruitment rate	1/year
𝑐	Natural cure rate	1/year
𝜈	Progression rate from latent TB to active TB	1/year
𝜇	Natural mortality rate	1/year
𝜇𝑇	Mortality rate or fatality rate due to TB	1/year
𝑤	Relapse rate	1/year
𝑞	Probability to develop TB (slow case)	—
𝑓	Probability to develop TB (fast case)	—
𝑝	Proportion of new infections that produce active TB	—
𝛿𝛽	Exogenous reinfection rate of latent	1/year
𝜂𝛽	Exogenous reinfection rate of recovered	1/year
𝑟1	Treatment rates for 𝐼𝐼	1/year
𝑟2	Treatment rates for 𝐼𝑁	1/year