Modelling the Potential Role of Media Campaigns in Ebola Transmission Dynamics

Table 2

Parameter values and their description.

Parameters	Description (per day)	Range	Source
	Recruitment rate		Estimated
	Probability for a contact to be infectious		[7]
	Number of contacts		Estimated
	Rate of exposed individuals becoming infectious		[5]
	Natural death rate	0.2	Estimated
	Proportion of asymptomatic infected individuals		[7]
	Rate of asymptomatic individuals becoming symptomatic	0.12	[6]
	Disease related death rate		[1]
	Disposal rate of dead bodies	0.497	[16]
	Recovery rate of asymptomatic individuals		Estimated
	Recovery rate of symptomatic individuals		[5]
	Rate of messaging by susceptible individuals		Estimated
	Rate of messaging by exposed individuals		Estimated
	Rate of messaging by infected asymptomatic individuals		Estimated
	Rate of messaging by infected symptomatic individuals		Estimated
	Rate of messaging by recovered individuals		Estimated
	Outdating rate of media campaigns		[17]