Mathematical Modelling of Bacterial Meningitis Transmission Dynamics with Control Measures

Table 2

Sensitivity indexes of to the parameters in (6).

Parameter	Description	Sensitivity index
	Effective contact rate	1
	Per capita infection rate by Carriers	0.6154
	Per capita infection rate by ill individuals	0.3846
	Loss of immunity	0.6686
	Rate of falling ill	0.0620
	Natural death rate	0.1031
	Disease-induced death rate	−0.1202
	Natural recovery rate	−0.3226
	Vaccination rate	−1.8280
	Effectiveness of vaccination	−0.8280
	Treatment rate	−0.5630
	Effectiveness of treatment	−0.5230