Research Article
Mathematical Modeling of Giardiasis Transmission Dynamics with Control Strategies in the Presence of Carriers
Table 1
Parameter descriptions of the model system (
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| Parameter | Description |
| | Recruitment rate of human | | Warning rate of removed individuals | | The rate of transmission between susceptible and infected humans | | The rate of transmission among asymptomatic and susceptible human beings | | Transmission rate between the environment and the susceptible human | | Half saturation constant in the environment | | Incubation period of pathogens in human | | Natural death rate of human | | Probability of becoming infectious to giardiasis | | Progression rate of asymptomatic individuals to infectious state/screening rate | | Natural recovery rate of asymptomatic human | | Progression rate of infected to asymptomatic stage in human | | Dearth of infected human due to giardiasis | | Natural recovery rate of infected human | | Dearth rate of asymptomatic human due to giardiasis | | Shedding rate of Giardia by the infected human into the environment | | Shedding rate of Giardia by the asymptomatic human into the environment | | Death rate of the pathogens from the environment | | Treatment rate of the infectious individuals | | Sanitation rate of the environment |
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