Exploration of Medicine

Parameters	Description	Value	Source
B	Birth rate	0.018	Calculated
α₁	Rate of transmission from S to E	0.8	Assumed
α₂	Transmission rate from E to I_S	0.67	Calculated
α₃	Transmission rate from E to I_U	0.32	Calculated
α₄	Recovery rate from I_S	0.92	Calculated
α₅	Recovery rate from I_U	0.95	Calculated
α₆	Rate of transmission from R to S	0.05	Assumed
μ	Escape rate	0.01	Assumed

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Author contributions

NHS gave the idea of the diseases and modeling. YNS detailed the conceptual facts. JNV and PMP constructed a model and did the simulation of the proposed system. JNV wrote the research paper and the remaining authors contributed to the write-up.

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