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. 2010 Jul 14;5(7):e11573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011573

Table 2. Symbols and their meanings-continued from table 1.

Symbol Definition References
θμ Excess proportion of mosquitoes which die while attempting to attack a human while that person is using an ITN. This paper.
Ω Intervention package scenarios consisting of a specific coverage with ITNs and a specific number of odor-baited mosquito traps per 1000 people. This paper.
πi The proportion of normal exposure to mosquito bites upon humans lacking ITNs, which occurs indoors at times when nets would normally be in use. [43], [45], [68].
P Probability that a resting mosquito survives any one day. [43], [44].
Pf Probability that a mosquito survives a single complete feeding cycle. [43], [44].
Pov Probability that a mosquito survives any full day of the oviposition site-seeking interval or host-seeking interval. [43], [44].
Qh Human blood index: the proportion of all blood meals from all hosts and pseudo hosts, which are obtained from humans. [43], [44], [54], [73].
s Host species or host type [43], [44].
t Odor-baited mosquito traps. This paper.
γ Probability that a mosquito attacks an encountered host.
ψ Relative exposure of different hosts other than unprotected humans to mosquito bites: calculated as a ratio of exposure of those hosts to exposure of humans not using nets. This paper.
ψh,p,Ω Combined personal and communal protection provided by the integrated intervention package Ω to people who use ITNs. This paper.
ψh,Traps Additional protection offered by odor-baited traps to communities using ITNs. This paper.
ψh,u,Ω Communal protection provided by the integrated intervention package Ω to people who do not use ITNs. This paper.
ψΩ Mean relative exposure of an average member of a community where the intervention package Ω is implemented. This paper.
z Availability of blood from an individual host: rate at which a single mosquito encounters, attacks and successfully feeds upon a given single host This paper.
Z Total availability of blood from hosts and pseudo hosts: rate at which a single mosquito encounters, attacks and successfully feeds upon all hosts. This paper.