A Method for Parameters Estimation in a Dynamical Model of Ebola Virus Transmission in Sierra Leone

Table 1

Description of parameters in model (1).

Parameter	Description	Value	95% confidence intervals
	Transmission coefficient between communities and	0.9162	[0.1173, 1.1247]
	Transmission coefficient between communities and	0.8929	[0.1341, 1.1803]
	Transmission coefficient at the hospital	0.1674	[0.0623, 1.0713]
	Transmission coefficient during the funerals	0.2736	[0.0887, 1.0665]
	Misdiagnosed proportion in	0.657	[0.1638, 0.6891]
	Proportion of correctly diagnosed suspected cases that move to F	0.1447	[0.0531, 1.1805]
	Proportion of exposed cases entering the compartment	0.619	[0.1008, 1.1189]
	Proportion of infected and hospitalized	0.0023	[0.1476, 0.3507]
	Time from suspected to susceptible	1.59 days	[0.0641, 1.002]
	Average time from suspected to death	4.88 days	[0.0418, 1.0139]
	Time from suspected to probable	2.38 days	[0.0661, 1.0172]
	Time from exposed to probable	1.0007 days	[0.0611, 1.2091]
	Time from exposed to suspected	20.9 days	[0.1053, 1.2612]
	Time from probable to hospitalized	3.56 days	[0.2733, 0.5884]
	Average time from hospitalization to death	1.2 days	[0.1109, 1.187]
	Time from probable to removed	5.69 days	[0.1221, 1.1318]
	Time from hospitalized to removed	2.56 days	[0.0844, 1.1501]
	Average time from death to burial	1.21 days	[0.1323, 0.9899]
	Time from probable to death	1.11 days	[0.0099, 1.183]
	Mortality rate from probable to death	0.5141	[0.1219, 1.0691]
	Mortality rate from hospitalized to death	0.6214	[0.0455, 1.1318]
	Size of the Sierra Leone population	6348350	[47]