Research Article

Congenital and Blood Transfusion Transmission of Chagas Disease: A Framework Using Mathematical Modeling

Table 1

Parameters used in numerical simulation of proposed model (1)-(8).

Parameter MeaningValueSource

Birth rate ()0.0109[23]

Probability of vertical transmission0.073[24]

Mortality rate ()0.0085[25]

Mortality rate due disease ()0.0017[26]

Rate of infection by infected blood ()0.00022378[27, 28]

Cure rate ()Various

Proportion of new born treatedVarious

Probability of a efficient surveillanceVarious