Figure 5. Potential for infectious mosquitoes.

The abundance of mosquitoes old enough to be potentially infectious across temperatures. In both graphs the solid line represents the predictions made using our model in combination with either the Detinova (A) or Paaijmans (B) EIP prediction curve. The gray points and bars in both panels are the stable and cyclic abundances predicted by our model, respectively. The dashed lines represent the predictions made using the classic model assumptions of a constant vector population, in combination either the Detinova (A) or Paaijmans (B) EIP prediction curve. The red points, which correspond to the right y-axis are the observed entomological inoculation rates from 14 countries in Africa, compiled by [54].