Modelling the effects of media during an influenza epidemic

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Table 1 Initial conditions and parameter values for model (6), functions (1)-(3) and the ABMC

	Description	Value	Range	Unit	Reference
Population
S	Susceptible	10,000
E	Exposed	0
I	Infectious	10
R	Recovered	0
Parameter
R ₀	Basic reproductive ratio	1.5	1.3-1.7		[20, 21]
β	Contact transmission rate	3.71287e-5		(person-day) ^-1	Eq. (7)
σ	Transition rate E to I	1/2		(day) ^-1	[20]
γ	Recovery rate	1/4		(day) ^-1	[20]
p _i	Media parameter	varies	varies		[7]
ABMC
S/β	Mean time to transmission	S(t)/β			Eq. (7)
1/σ	Mean exposed time	2		days	[20]
1/γ	Mean infectious time	4		days	[20]
1/p _i	Media parameter	varies	varies		[7]

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