From: The basic reproductive ratio of Barbour’s two-host schistosomiasis model with seasonal fluctuations
Parameter | Interpretation |
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a 1(t) | the infection rate from snail to human at time t |
a 2(t) | the infection rate from snail to bovine at time t |
b 1(t) | the infection rate from human to snail at time t |
b 2(t) | the infection rate from bovine to snail at time t |
g 1 | the recovery rate for human host infections |
g 2 | the recovery rate for bovine host infections |
Δ | the density of snails |
Σ1 | the density of human hosts |
Σ2 | the density of bovine hosts |
μ | per capita removal rate of infected snails |