Research Article
Modeling Cholera Epidemiology Using Stochastic Differential Equations
Table 2
Description of parameters in Codeco’s model.
| Parameter | Definition |
| | Total human population | | Birth and death rates of humans () | | Exposure rate of individuals to contaminated water () | | Vibrio cholerae concentration in water that yields 50% of catching cholera (cell/ml) | | Recovery rate of individuals () | | Difference between the growth rate and loss rate of Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic reservoir () | | Infected individual’s contribution to the Vibrio cholerae bacteria population in the aquatic reservoir (cell/ml ) |
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