Research Article

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of TB and COVID-19 Coinfection

Table 1

Description of the model parameters.

ParameterBiological description of the parameter

Rate of recruitment to the susceptible individuals
Transmission rate of TB disease
COVID-19 transmission rate
Fraction of TB exposed individuals to become infected
Force of infection for TB (it is the probability of acquiring infection from a TB infected individual)
Force of infection for COVID-19 (it is the probability of acquiring infection from a COVID-19 infected individual)
TB infection rate from the COVID-19 infected individuals
COVID-19 infection rate from the TB infected individuals
Recovery rate of the COVID-19 exposed individuals
Rate at which individuals leave the class
Recovery rate of individuals from TB
Recovery rate of individuals from COVID-19
Rate at which individuals leave the coinfected class
TB recovery rate of individuals
COVID-19 recovery rate of individuals
Rate of TB exposed individuals become exposed with COVID-19
Recovery rate of TB infected individuals
Death rate due to TB bacteria
Death rate due to the COVID-19 virus
Death rate due to the coinfection of both diseases
Natural death rate of the individuals
Transfer rate of TB and COVID-19 exposed individuals to the co-infected class
Transfer rate of COVID-19 exposed individuals to become infected
Recovery rate of COVID-19 infected individual
Rate of COVID-19 exposed individuals to become exposed with TB
Recovery rate of TB latent infected individuals