Research Article

Control Policy Mix in Measles Transmission Dynamics Using Vaccination, Therapy, and Treatment

Table 1

Description parameters of the model.

VariableDescriptionUnit

The number of susceptible individuals at time People
The number of vaccinated individuals at time People
The number of exposed individuals at time People
The number of infected individuals at time People
The number of treated individuals at time People
The number of recovered individuals at time People
Total population at time People

ParameterDescriptionUnit

The rate at which new individuals enter the populationPeople/day
A fraction of which is vaccinated or having maternal immunity
Natural death rate1/day
The rate of waning of vaccine efficacy after a single dose1/day
The force of infectionday/people
The rate of exposed individuals become infective1/day
Proportion of susceptible individuals who receive the first dose of measles containing vaccine1/day
Proportion of vaccinated individuals who obtain the second dose of vaccine
The rate of measles therapy1/day
The treatment rate for infected individuals1/day
The natural recovery rate1/day
The recovery rate for treated individuals1/day