Dengue infections in non-immune travellers to Thailand – CORRIGENDUM

An incorrect value for Mosquitoes Natural Mortality rate was given in Table 1 of the paper by E. Massad, J. Rocklov and A. Wilder-Smith. [1] Table 1 is republished here with the correct value.

Table 1.

Model's parameters, biological meaning, values and sources

Parameter	Meaning	Value	Source
a	Average Daily Biting rate	0·164	[15]
b	Fraction of actually infective bites	0·088	Fitted to data
μH	Humans Natural Mortality rate	3·5 × 10−5 days −1	[16]
rH	Birth rate of humans	8 days −1	[16]
κH	Humans Carrying Capacity	16 × 106	[16]
αH	Dengue Mortality in Humans	10−3 days −1	[17]
γH	Humans recovery rate	0·143 days −1	[17]
pS	Susceptible eggs hatching rate	0·15 days −1	[18]
d1	Winter modulation parameter	0·07	assumed
d2	Winter modulation parameter	0·06	assumed
γM	Mosquitoes Latency rate	0·143 days −1
f	Frequency of seasonal cycles	2·8 × 10−3 days −1	assumed
μM	Mosquitoes Natural Mortality rate	0·09 days −1	[19]
αM	Dengue Mortality in Mosquitoes	Negligible	—
rM	Oviposition rate	50 days −1	[19]
pI	Infected eggs hatching rate	0·15 days −1	[19]
g	Proportion of infected eggs	0·5	assumed
κE	Eggs Carrying Capacity	9·8 × 107	assumed
μE	Eggs Natural Mortality rate	0·1 days −1	[19]
c	A.aegypti susceptibility to dengue	0·087	Fitted to data