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Table 1 List of parameters

From: A discrete-time analog for coupled within-host and between-host dynamics in environmentally driven infectious disease

Parameter

Definition

Value

Source

A

the recruitment rate of individuals

4

Ref. [5]

β

the infection rate of hosts in a contamination

0.0006

Ref. [5]

μ

the natural mortality rate of host

0.0004

Ref. [5]

α

the induced mortality rate of host

0.0004

Ref. [5]

g(E)

the rate which an average host is inoculated

g(E)=4 × 105E

Refs. [5, 6, 23]

θ

the rate of contamination

1.5 × 10−10

Ref. [5]

γ

clearance rate

0.015

Ref. [5]

Λ

the recruitment rate of cells

6000

Ref. [5]

k

infections rate of cells

1.5 × 10−6

Ref. [5]

m

the natural mortality rate of cells

0.3

Ref. [5]

d

the induced mortality rate of cells

0.15

Ref. [5]

c

the within-host mortality rate of parasites

60

Ref. [5]