Table 1.

Parameters used in the model.

parameter	description	value	source
ϵ	recruitment to the adult mosquito population	0.2 d−1
F	rate of fungal infection	varies (d−1)
c	daily probability of fungal infection	1−exp(−F)
a	human biting rate of mosquitoes not infected with the fungal pathogen	0.3 d−1	Smith et al. (2004)
aF	human biting rate of mosquitoes infected with the fungal pathogen	varies d−1	Scholte et al. (2006)
b	Plasmodium transmission efficiency (mosquito to human)	0.5	Smith et al. (2004)
b	Plasmodium transmission efficiency (human to mosquito)	0.5	Smith et al. (2004)
x	proportion of humans with transmissible malaria	0.5	Beier et al. (1999)
μ	background mosquito mortality	0.1 d−1	Smith & McKenzie (2004)
TE	time required for Plasmodium incubation	10 d	Smith et al. (2004)
u	time since fungal infection	varies (d)
p	time since Plasmodium infection	varies (d)
μF and β	parameters determining the form of relationship between time since fungal infection and risk of mortality (see text)	vary
${\mu }_{{\text{F}}_2}$ and β2	parameter determining the strength of the effects of co-infection with malaria and the fungal pathogen (see text)	${\mu }_{{\text{F}}_2}$ varies; β2=β	Blanford et al. (2005)
F0 and γ	parameters determining the form of the relationship between fungal infection rate and time since application of the biopesticide (see text)	vary