Table 1 Complete list of parameters

Rate of infection

2 week⁻¹

4 days⁻¹

1.9 weeks⁻¹

Rate of recovery

0.5 week⁻¹

0.059 days⁻¹

0.06 weeks⁻¹

Rate of loss of immunity

1 years⁻¹

0.059 days⁻¹

0.06 weeks⁻¹

Birth rate

0.14 years⁻¹

1.3 days⁻¹

1.5 weeks⁻¹

Aging rate

0.04 years⁻¹

0.125 days⁻¹

0.14 weeks⁻¹

Post-reproductive death rate

0.022 years⁻¹

0.11 days⁻¹

0.14 weeks⁻¹

Post-reproductive infection death rate

0.25 years⁻¹

0.33 days⁻¹

1.4 weeks⁻¹