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

Table 4. Values and references for intervention parameters in the simulations.a .

Definition Symbol Value References
Proportion of people using ITNs. Ch 0.001b or 0.5 This paper
Proportion of exposure that occurs indoors during the time when ITNs are actually in use. πi 0.9 [43], [45], [68]
Number of odor-baited mosquito traps. Nt varying This paper
Additional diversions per ITN user encountered. θΔ 0.5 This paper
Probability of mosquitoes being diverted from an odor-baited trap. Δt 0.1 This paper
Probability of mosquitoes dying upon attacking an odor-baited trap. μt 1 This paper
Additional mortality of mosquitoes per ITN user attacked. θμ 0.7 This paper
Probability of mosquitoes successfully feeding upon an odor-baited trap. φt 0 This paper
Relative availability of odor-baited mosquito trap to host seeking mosquitoes if the traps are placed homogenously among humans. λt,unbiased 4 [41]
Relative increase in availability of odor-baited mosquito traps achieved by spatially biasing position of the traps on the basis of 80–20 statistical distribution [63]. λt,biased 4 This paper
a

This table contains only those intervention parameters considered to be necessary for primary understanding and parameterization of the model. A full listing of all intervention parameters is available in tables 1 and 2 and in File S1, within the spreadsheet containing the model. All values represent mean parameter values in this deterministic model.

b

It is assumed that only one person among the 1000 people is using the ITNs.