Research Article
Global Stability of Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Awareness and Saturated Treatment
Table 1
Description of parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Value/day−1 | Ref |
| A | Recruitment by birth/immigration | 5 | Assd | β | Maximal effective contact rate before antibiotic resistance awareness | 0.0417 | [32] | | Maximal reduced effective contact rate due to media alerts | 0.0046 | Assd | | Contact rate of aware susceptible with infective individuals | 0.000007498 | Assd | | Rate of relapse encountered in administering treatment | 0.00145 | Assd | μ | Natural mortality rate | | [2] | m | Efficiency of awareness through media coverage | 0.5 | Assd | δ | Excess death due to pneumococcal pneumonia | 0.1 | [33, 34] | ξ | Loss of information about disease by aware susceptible individuals | 0.3 | [15] | | Recovery rate due to treatment | 0.9 | [35] | D | Number of days delayed in receiving appropriate treatment | 1–14 days | [20] | τ | Rate of delay to receive appropriate treatment | 0.2703 | Assd | p | Probability of acquiring resistance during treatment | | [30] | υ | Rate at which unaware susceptible individuals become aware of antibiotic resistance | 0.0029 | Assd |
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