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From: Enhancing reservoir control in the co-dynamics of HIV-VL: from mathematical modeling perspective
Parameter | Description |
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\(\Lambda _{h}\) | Recruitment rate of susceptible humans |
\(\Lambda _{s}\) | Recruitment rate of the susceptible sand fly population |
\(\Lambda _{r}\) | Recruitment rate of reservoirs |
\(\mu _{h}\) | Natural death rate of the human population |
\(\mu _{s}\) | Natural death rate of the sand fly population |
\(\mu _{r}\) | Natural death rate of the reservoir population |
\(a_{l}\) | Biting rate of sand flies |
\(b_{l}\) | VL progression rate in sand flies |
\(c_{l}\) | VL progression rate in human and sand fly |
\(\phi _{1}\), \(\phi _{2}\), \(\phi _{3}\) | Humans recovery rate from VL |
\(\delta _{l}\) | VL-induced death rate |
\(\delta _{A}\) | AIDS-induced death rate |
\(\beta _{h}\) | Effective contact rate for HIV infection |
κ | HIV progression rate to AIDS stage |
\(\eta _{hh}\), \(\eta _{A}\), \(\eta _{hl}\) | Modification parameters |
\(\varepsilon _{1}\), \(\varepsilon _{2}\), τ | Modification parameters |