Research Article

Dynamical System Analysis of a Lassa Fever Model with Varying Socioeconomic Classes

Table 3

Parameter values used for the numerical simulations.

Symbol of the parametersParameter valuesSource

0.0000548[9]
0.00002[10]
1.5Estimated
0.5Estimated
0.00001[10]
1.5Estimated
0.5Estimated
0.0476[9]
0.5Estimated
1.5Estimated
0.2[9]
0.002[11]
120.2–0.4[27]
210.2–0.4[27]
1212[27]
2121[27]

Note: , , and represent human to human contact rate, human to rats contact rate, and recovery rate of human, respectively, in a homogeneous population (i.e., population where SECs are not considered). We considered the above data for a homogeneous population due to limited access to data on SECs.