Table 1. Parameter values for the simulations.

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Source
Host population	Nh	10,000	10
Host life span	Tlh	600,060 hours (68.5 years)	10
Intrinsic incubation period	Tiit	5 days	10
Extrinsic incubation period	Teit	10 days	10
Number of mosquitoes per person	MPP	2–15
Emerging rate of adult mosquitoes	e	5,000–37,500/day *	10
Vector life span	Tlv	4 days (wet season)3 days (dry season)	10
Visiting infectious host	Ih_visit	0 in Simulation 1 and 20.001 in Simulation 3 and4	20
Host infection duration	Tid	3 days	10
Effective contact rate, vector to host	cvh	0.75/day	10
Effective contact rate, host to vector	chv	0.375/day	10

*5,000 for Simulation 1–3 (MPP = 2); 7,500, 12,500, 20,000 and 37,500 for MPP = 3, 5, 8 and15 in Simulation 4.