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Table 2 Transmission parameters used in the basic SIR framework

From: Mathematical models for predicting human mobility in the context of infectious disease spread: introducing the impedance model

Parameter

Units

Value

References

β

d−1

1 (0.96–1.16)

Fitted

γ

d−1

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

Fitted

  1. β indicates the contact rate, which can be detailed as β = pc, where p denotes the probability of getting infected when coming into contact with an infected individual, and c is the per-capita contact rate; γ indicates the recovery rate
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X