A Mathematical Model for Coinfection of Listeriosis and Anthrax Diseases

Table 3

Variable and parameter values of the coinfection model.

Parameter	Description	Value	Reference
	Anthrax related death rate	0.2	(Health line, Dec., 2015)
	Listeriosis related death rate	0.2	Adak et al., 2002.
	Anthrax death rate among co-infected	0.04	assumed
	Listeriosis death rate among co-infected	0.08	assumed
	Human transmission rate	0.01	[23]
	Vector transmission rate	0.05	assumed
	Anthrax waning immunity	0.02	assumed
	Vector natural death rate	0.0004	[23]
	Human recruitment rate	0.001	assumed
	Vector recruitment rate	0.005	[23]
	Anthrax recovery rate	0.33	[24]
	Listeriosis recovery rate	0.002	assumed
	Anthrax-Listeriosis waning immunity	0.07	assumed
	Listeriosis contribution to environment	0.65	assumed
	Co-infected recovery rate	0.005	assumed
	Bacteria death rate	0.0025	assumed
	Human natural death rate	0.2	[23]
	Listeriosis waning immunity	0.001	assumed
	Modification parameter	0.45	assumed
	Co-infected who recover from Anthrax only	0.025	assumed
	Concentration of carcasses	10000	[20]
	Bacteria ingestion rate	0.5	[20]