Table 1.

Model parameters. (The rates have units per day.)

parameter, definition	baseline value	source (s)	sampling distributions	mean (s.d.)
b, avian recruitment rate	0.0014	22	normal	0.0014 (0.0001)
d, background avian death rate	0.0014	23–26	normal	0.0014 (0.0001)
dv, mosquito mortality rate	0.10	imposed	n.a.	n.a.
v, biting rate of vectors on hosts	0.14	27, 28	normal	0.14 (0.01)
αv, feeding index for preferred host	6.70	site A	poisson	6.70
	8.53	site B	poisson	8.53
	24.83	site C	poisson	24.83
	31.89	site D	poisson	31.86
m, trap conversion multiplier	10.00	29	normal	10.00 (2.00)
β1, vector- to host-transmission rate	0.44	30–32	normal	0.465 (0.013)
β2, host- to vector-transmission rate	0.974	31, 33	normal	0.974 (0.0075)
γp, recovery rate of preferred host	0.195	32	normal	0.195 (0.005)
γa, recovery rate of alternate host	0.091	32	normal	0.091 (0.01)
dWNV1, WNV deaths of preferred hosts	0	32	normal	0.005 (0.0025)
dWNV2, WNV deaths of alternate hosts	0.11	32	normal	0.11 (0.02)