A Theoretical Model of Listeriosis Driven by Cross Contamination of Ready-to-Eat Food Products

Table 1

Parameter values used for simulations.

Parameter	Symbol	Point value ()
Mortality of humans		0.02/365
Removal rate of workers		0.00274
Removal rate of food products		0.0099
Recovery rate of humans	γ	0.034
Recovery rate of workers		0.0008
Rate of lost of immunity by humans		0.2
Growth rate of listeriosis		0.32
Death rate of listeriosis	d	0.25
Listeria carrying capacity		0.008
Food contamination rate by contaminated workers		0.0048
Contact rate of listeriosis by humans		0.008
Workers contamination rate by contaminated food		0.00056
Contact rate of contaminated workers by Listeria		0.7
Food products	F	10
Workers	W	5
Rate of food processing		0.055