A Model for the Propagation and Control of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Disease in Kenya

Table 1

Baseline parameters used in simulation.

Parameter	Description	Value	Reference
	Transmission coefficient for asymptomatic individuals undergoing treatment	0.00000126	Estimated
	Transmission coefficient for symptomatic individuals undergoing treatment	0.00002	Estimated
	Transmission coefficient for the asymptomatic infectious individuals	0.0003	Estimated
	The rate at which the immunity of recovered wanes	0.003	[30]
	Natural death rate	0.0147	[31]
	Recruitment rate	0.021	[32]
	Progression rate of latent infected to asymptomatic individuals	0.05	[33]
	Rate of tuberculosis disease-induced deaths during treatment	0.065	[30]
	Progression rate of latent infected to infectious individuals with disease symptoms	0.1	[33]
	Transmission rate of pulmonary tuberculosis	0.15	[30]
	Rate of screening latently infected individuals	0.34	[34]
	Vaccine efficacy	0.5	[11]
	Rate of tuberculosis disease-induced deaths	0.5	[34]
	Rate of screening asymptomatic infectious individuals	0.5	[35]
	The rate at which asymptomatic infectious individuals exhibit symptoms of the disease	0.6	[35]
	The rate at which symptomatic individuals are treated	0.68	[30]
	The recovery rate of treated symptomatic individuals	0.75	[32]
	Vaccination rate	0.8	[31]
	The recovery rate of treated asymptomatic infectious individuals	0.8	[30]
	The recovery rate of latent treated	0.85	[36]