Parameter | Value | Reference |
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No. of human hosts in population, N | 1000 | Â |
Baseline prevalence in SAC | High-transmission setting, 65%; Moderate-transmission setting, 45% (Obtained by scaling the contact rate between human hosts and the reservoir) | Â |
Age-dependent contact with reservoir | Ages 0–4: 0.032; 5–9: 0.162; 10–14: 1.0; 15+: 0.05 | [43] |
Shape parameter α of Gamma distributed risk factor | 0.24 | [43] |
Kato–Katz test aggregation parameter, k | 0.87 | |
Exponential fecundity decay, z | 0.0007/worm | |
Maximum fecundity, λ | 0.14 egg counts/female worm | |
Average worm life-span | 5.7 years | [48] |
Human demography | Based on Kenya’s demographic profile | [49] |