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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2007;7(3):365–386. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0602

Table 5.

Output Values Indicative of Transmission Intensity Derived from Iterations of the Step-flow Model Parameterized with Values Derived from Individual Avian Species

Avian species Peak IR in vector Day of peak IR in vector Final cumulative %of infected + immune in avian population Day cumulative maximum % of infected + immune reached in avian population No. birds surviving No. infected birds succumbing
American Crow 0.33 0 0.08 27 409 1
Blue Jay 11.77 183 72.26 200 329 85
House Sparrow 0.33 0 0.77 68 409 1
Common Grackle 9.26 54 100 77 380 37
Northern Cardinal 1.04 186 26.38 198 408 1
Northern Mockingbird 0.33 0 0.90 54 409 0
American Robin 70.90 23 100 17 409 2
European Starling 0.33 0 0.81 54 409 0

IR, infection rate per 1000 mosquitoes.