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. 2013 May 7;8(5):e62049. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062049

Table 1. Parameter ranges for numerical simulations.

Para-meter Description Range Assumed most possible value Units Source
Inline graphic contact rate: Aedes to livestock Inline graphic 0.1392 Inline graphicday [43][49]
Inline graphic contact rate: livestock to Aedes Inline graphic 0.1225 Inline graphicday [43][47], [50]
Inline graphic contact rate: livestock to Culex Inline graphic 0.16 Inline graphicday [44][47], [50], [51]
Inline graphic contact rate: Culex to livestock Inline graphic 0.04 Inline graphicday [44][47], [51]
Inline graphic contact rate: Aedes to humans Inline graphic 0.0015 Inline graphicday Assume
Inline graphic contact rate: livestock to humans Inline graphic 0.00006 Inline graphicday Assume
Inline graphic contact rate: Culex to humans Inline graphic 0.000525 Inline graphicday Assume
Inline graphic recovery period in livestock Inline graphic 3.5 Inline graphicday [52]
Inline graphic recovery period in humans Inline graphic 5.5 Inline graphicday [23]
Inline graphic longevity of Aedes mosquitoes Inline graphic 31.5 days [47], [53], [54]
Inline graphic longevity of livestock Inline graphic 1980 days [55]
Inline graphic longevity of Culex mosquitoes Inline graphic 31.5 days [47], [53], [54]
Inline graphic birth rate of Aedes mosquitoes weather dependent Inline graphicday [35]
Inline graphic birth rate of livestock Inline graphic Inline graphicday [55]
Inline graphic birth rate of Culex mosquitoes weather dependent Inline graphicday [35]
Inline graphic incubation period in Aedes mosquitoes Inline graphic 6 days [48]
Inline graphic incubation period in livestock Inline graphic 4 days [56]
Inline graphic incubation period in Culex mosquitoes Inline graphic 6 days [48]
Inline graphic incubation period in humans Inline graphic 4 days [23]
Inline graphic mortality rate in livestock Inline graphic 0.0375 Inline graphicday [52], [56]
Inline graphic transovarial transmission rate in Aedes mosquitoes Inline graphic 0.05 Inline graphicday [57]
Inline graphic development period of Aedes mosquitoes weather dependent days [36]
Inline graphic development period of Culex mosquitoes weather dependent days [35]
Inline graphic carrying capacity of Aedes mosquitoes Inline graphic Assume
Inline graphic carrying capacity of livestock Inline graphic Assume
Inline graphic carrying capacity of Culex mosquitoes Inline graphic Assume
Inline graphic reduction in Inline graphic due to infection Inline graphic Assume