Research Article
Modelling the Transmission Dynamics of Tuberculosis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Table 3
Estimates of the basic reproductive number, Malthusian parameter, and herd immunity threshold across districts.
| Number | District | Basic reproductive number | Malthusian parameter | Herd immunity |
| 1 | Adansi South | 0.231 | −0.123 | −3.329 | 2 | Asanti Akim North Municipal | 0.835 | −0.022 | −0.198 | 3 | Amansie West | 1.158 | 0.041 | 0.136 | 4 | Mampong Municipal | 0.091 | −0.15 | −9.989 | 5 | Atwima Nwabiagye | 0.495 | −0.073 | −1.020 | 6 | Bekwai Municipal | 0.578 | −0.060 | −0.730 | 7 | Bosomtwe | 0.189 | −0.130 | −4.291 | 8 | Ejusu-Juaben Municipal | 0.154 | −0.137 | −5.494 | 9 | Obuasi Municipal | 1.334 | 0.020 | 0.118 | 10 | Offinso Municipal | 0.721 | −0.038 | −0.387 | 11 | Kumasi Metropolitan | 0.503 | −0.072 | −0.988 | 12 | Sekyere South | 0.078 | −0.154 | −11.825 |
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