A Mathematical Model of Treatment and Vaccination Interventions of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Infection Dynamics

Table 2

Parameter estimates for pneumonia model under interventions.

Symbol	Description	Value	Source
	Per capita natural mortality rate	0.0002/day	[2]
	Per capita recruitment rate	10.09/day	Estimated
	Fraction of susceptible individuals that join the carriers	0.338/day	Estimated
	Per capita disease induced mortality rate	0.33/day	[2]
	Per capita recovery rate of carriers	0.0115/day	Estimated
	Force of infection of susceptible individuals	0.0287/day	Estimated
	Per capita recovery rate of infective individuals	0.0714/day	[36]
	Rate at which carriers develop symptoms	0.01096/day	[7]
	Rate at which treated individuals become susceptible	0.0241/day	Estimated
	Rate at which susceptible individuals get vaccinated	0.0621/day	Estimated
	Rate at which treated individuals are vaccinated	9.4/day	Estimated
	Transmission coefficient for the carrier subgroup	0.001124	[37]
	Transmission rate	7.6/day	Estimated
	Probability for a contact to cause infection	0.89–0.99	[37]
	Contact rate	1–10/day	[37]