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 )