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. 2013 Aug 23;12:291. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-291

Table 2.

Parameter estimates for sugar-feeding model incorporating gonotrophic cycles

Parameter: Prior distribution (per day): Posterior estimate with 95% credible interval (per day):
ASB-feeding rate (0–2 gonotrophic cycles, control): sA,C
Uniform (0,10)
0.25 (0.18 - 0.31)
ASB-feeding rate (3 or more gonotrophic cycles, control): sB,C
Uniform (0,10)
0.035 (0.009 – 0.076)
ATSB-feeding rate (0–2 gonotrophic cycles, experiment): sA,E
Uniform (0,10)
0.84 (0.53 – 1.21)
ATSB-feeding rate (3 or more gonotrophic cycles, experiment): sB,E
Uniform (0,10)
0.12 (0.03 – 0.27)
Female death rate, μf
Normal (0.1,0.01)
0.094 (0.081-0.110)
Female ATSB death rate: μf,ATSB
Uniform (0,100)
12.2 (7.5 – 23.9)
Reciprocal of gonotrophic cycle length: δ Normal (0.33,0.03) 0.34 (0.30-0.39)