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Table 1 Descriptions of system parameters and state variables of model (2) and the equation (3)

From: Estimation of basic reproduction number of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) during the outbreak in South Korea, 2015

State variables, parameters

Descriptions

S

Number of susceptible subjects

I

Number of infected subjects

R

Number of removed subjects

\(\beta\)

Disease transmission rate

\(\nu\)

Removed rate

\(\tau\)

Transmissibility of the infection

\(\kappa\)

Number of transmittable contacts by infected patient per unit time