Theory and Modern Applications
Table 2 Description of non-temperature dependent model parameters used in system (6). All the parameter values were adopted from the work of Ndondo et al. [13]
Symbol | Description | Value | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
W | Proportion of female flies | 0.6 | Dimensionless |
\(\mu _{h}\) | Human population birth/natural death rate | \(\frac{1}{50\times 365}\) | \(\mathrm{Day} ^{-1}\) |
\(\mu _{a}\) | Animal population birth/death rate | \(\frac{1}{15\times 365}\) | \(\mathrm{Day} ^{-1}\) |
\(\gamma _{h}\) | Human recovery rate | \(\frac{1}{30}\) | \(\mathrm{Day} ^{-1}\) |
\(\gamma _{a}\) | Animal recovery rate | \(\frac{1}{25}\) | \(\mathrm{Day} ^{-1}\) |
ξ | Tsetse fly biting rate | \(\frac{1}{4}\) | \(\mathrm{Day} ^{-1}\) |
p | Proportion of tsetse fly bite on animal | 0.7 | Dimensionless |