Modelling the Transmission Dynamics of Meningitis among High and Low-Risk People in Ghana with Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Table 4

Estimated parameter values of system (2) obtained from the curve fitting process.

Parameter	Description	Value	Source
	Recruitment rate	19787	Estimated
	Individual’s risk rate	0.585	Estimated
	Effective contact rate	0-0.9	Estimated
	Per capita infection rate by carrier individuals	0.7420	[36, 37]
	Per capita infection rate by infected individuals	0-0.85	[37]
	Risk rate of individuals that loss immunity	0.6997	[37]
	Loss of immunity	0.851	[37]
	Modification rate	0.23	Estimated
	Rate of progression from to	0.00022	Estimated
	Disease induce death rate	0.495	[23]
	Recovery rate of carriers	0.8	Estimated/[23]
	Recovery rate of infected individuals	0.43	Estimated/[23]
	Natural death rate	0.0152207	Estimated