Table 1. Description of model parameters.

	Description	Value	Units	Ref
m	Ratio of mosq.1 to humans.	scaled2	mosq. per human	-
a	Biting rate per mosquito on humans.	scaled	bite × mosq−1 × day-1	-
b	Probability of transmission.	scaled	-	-
n	Extrinsic incubation period.	varied	days	[14], [15], [42], [43], [46]
p	Daily probability of death for adult female mosq. in constant mortality models.	0.030698	-	[34]
x	Mosquito age.	-	days	-
P(x)	Daily probability of death for adult female mosq. in age dependent mortality models.	function of x, α, β, γ	-	[34]
Ωx	Proportion of mosq. population of age x.	function of p(x) or p
e(x)	Life expectancy of a mosquito of age x.	function of p(x) or p	days	[34]
α	Initial hazard3 for age-dependent models.	0.0018	death × mosq.-1 × day-1	[34]
β	Exponential increase in hazard with age for age dependent models.	0.1416	-	[34]
γ	Hazard deceleration for age-dependent models.	1.0730	-	[34]
σ	Mosq. age at first bloodmeal.	2	days	[34]
rA	Daily probability of mosq. death from control.	Varied	-	-
rL	Proportional reduction in mosq. recruitment from control.	Varied	-	-
i, j, k	Indices for calculating mosq. survival parameters in discrete time steps.	-	days	-

¹In this table the abbreviation mosq. indicates adult female mosquitoes.

²Scaled indicates that this parameter has been normalized to one in the model because the sensitivity analyses are assumed not to interact with such parameters.

³Hazard refers to the instantaneous rate of mortality.