Research Article
On the Dynamics of a Fractional-Order Ebola Epidemic Model with Nonlinear Incidence Rates
Table 2
Description of model parameters of system (
8), indicating baseline, ranges, and references.
| Symbol | Description |
| | Recruitment rate | week−1 | [26] | | Natural death rate | week−1 | [26] | | Incubation period | 1.498 weeks | [26] | | Hospitalization rate | week−1 | [27] | | Time from infection to death | 2.23 weeks | [27] | | Mean time from death to Ebola to burial | 0.762 weeks | [26] | | Case fatality ratio for unhospitalized patients | 0.75 | [27] | | Infection rate through direct contact with a nondeceased infectious patient | | Fitting | | Infection rate through direct contact with a deceased Ebola patient | | Fitting | | Inhibition effect due to the susceptible individuals | | Fitting | | Inhibition effect due to the infectious individuals | | Fitting |
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