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. 2011 Apr 26;5(4):e1024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001024

Table 1. The parameters used in the model and their default values.

Symbol Definition Value Source
Inline graphic Daily female fecundity for mosquitoes uninfected with Wolbachia 30 [30]
T0, TL, TP Development time in days of eggs, larvae and pupae 1, 10, 1 [30]
µ0, µP Daily mortality rate of eggs and pupae 0.1 [31], [30]
µ, α, β Parameters describing the density-dependent larval mortality function 0.1,0.1, 0.2 No data available
c,γ, r cw, γw, rw Parameters describing the age-dependent adult mortality function for mosquitoes uninfected and infected with Wolbachia 0.1, 0.025, 2.00.1, 0.05, 2.0 [23], [6], [30]
Inline graphic Fraction of uninfected larvae produced by an infected adult female 0.01 [6]
sh Fraction of eggs that fail to hatch from an incompatible mating 0.99 [6]
sf Proportional reduction in fecundity due to Wolbachia carriage 0.05 [6]
sg Proportional reduction in average adult lifespan due to Wolbachia 0.16 [6]
f Daily human biting rate 0.3 [30]
c Pathogen transmission efficiency from mosquitoes to humans for mosquitoes and vice versa 0.5 [32], [33]
cw Proportion of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia and pathogen that do not become infectious varies [7]
x Proportion of infectious humans 0.5 No data available
TE Pathogen incubation period in days 10 [34]
H Number of humans 120 No data available