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Table 3 Sensitivity indices of \(\mathcal {R}_{0}\) to parameters for the lymphatic filariasis model, evaluated at the parameter values given in Table 2

From: Mathematical analysis of a lymphatic filariasis model with quarantine and treatment

\(\mathcal {R}_{0}\)

Parameter

\(\Upsilon _{p}^{\psi }\)

Sensitivity index

Λ h

\(-\frac {1}{2}\)

-0.5

μ v

\(\frac {1}{2} \left (\frac {\alpha _{v}}{\alpha _{v}+\mu _{v}}-3\right)\)

-1.36013

Λ v

\(\frac {1}{2}\)

0.5

κ

\(\frac {1}{2} \kappa \left (\frac {\theta }{\theta \kappa +\mu _{h}}-\frac {1}{\mu _{h}+\kappa +n \varphi }\right)\)

0.462806

β

1

1

φ

\(-\frac {n \varphi }{2 \left (\mu _{h}+\kappa +n \varphi \right)}\)

-0.466545

n

\(-\frac {n \varphi }{2 \left (\mu _{h}+\kappa +n \varphi \right)}\)

-0.466545

𝜗 h

\(\frac {1}{2}\)

0.5

𝜗 v

\(\frac {1}{2}\)

0.5

α h

\(\frac {\mu _{h}}{2 \left (\alpha _{h}+\mu _{h}\right)}\)

0.0000819193

α v

\(\frac {\mu _{v}}{2 \left (\alpha _{v}+\mu _{v}\right)}\)

0.360131

θ

\(\frac {\theta \kappa }{2 \theta \kappa +2 \mu _{h}}\)

0.49613

  1. The parameters are ordered from most to least sensitive for each \(\mathcal {R}_{0}\)