Research Article

Parameter Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis of Dysentery Diarrhea Epidemic Model

Table 1

Description of parameters of the model equation (1).

Parameters Interpretation Units

Recruitment rate of susceptible populationHumans
Natural death rate of humans
Natural recovery rate of diarrhea
Relapse rate of the recovered humans to the susceptible class
Disease induced death rate of dysentery diarrhea
Concentration of Shigellacells
Effective transmission rate of diarrhea due to human to human interaction
Effective transmission rate of dysentery diarrhea due to environment to human interaction
Pathogen shedding rateCells
Shigella Pathogen growth rate
Shigella Pathogen death rate
Net death rate of Shigella Pathogen