Research Article

Fractional-Order Derivative Model of Rift Valley Fever in Urban Peridomestic Cycle

Table 2

Parameters and their description.

ParameterDescriptionValue per daySource

Birth rate in human0.0015[8]
Birth rate in mosquitoes0.01Estimated
Adequate contact rate: human to mosquito0.375[7]
Adequate contact rate: mosquito to human0.245Estimated
1/(incubation period of mosquitoes in days)1/8[9]
1/(incubation period of human in days)1/6[9]
1/(life span of mosquitoes in days)1/60[9]
Natural death rate in human0.000042[23]
Rate of vertical transmission0.05[8]
Disease-induced death rate in human0.01[7]
1/(infectious period of human in days)1/7[9]