Research Article
Spatiotemporal Distributions and Dynamics of Human Infections with the A H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus
Table 1
Model parameters and values.
| Parameter | Description | Value | Source |
| A | Constant recruitment rate of poultry | | Deduced | B | Constant recruitment rate of people | 500 | Assumed | d | Natural death rate of poultry | 0.02 | Deduced | ρ | Natural death rate of people | | Deduced | δ | Additional death rate due to disease | 0.15 | Deduced | ε | Shedding rate of virus to environment | | [35] | p | Decay rate of virus in environment | | [35] | β | Transmission rate of poultry-to-poultry | | [35] | | Transmission rate of poultry-to-human | | [35] | | Transmission rate of virus in environment to human | | Assumed | γ | Recovery rate of human cases | 0.16 | [36] | ξ | Incidence rate of | 0 (LPAI) or 0.2 (HPAI) | [37] |
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