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Published in final edited form as: J Econ Entomol. 2013 Feb;106(1):366–374. doi: 10.1603/ec11365

Table 1.

Parameter values used for numeric analysis

Parameter	Symbol	Scenario values

		I	II	III
Basic reproductive no. of malaria (secondary cases per primary case)	R₀	100	100	100
Recovery rate of malaria-infected individuals (per day)	r	0.01	0.01	0.01
Incubation time of malaria in mosquitoes (days)	τ_S	14	14	14
Mass-action saturation factor (dimensionless)	h	61	61	61
Baseline vector mortality (per day)	μ₀	0.27	0.27	0.27
Insecticide-induced mortality (per day)	g	0.83	0.83	0.83
Total fitness cost (per day)	f	0.26	0.26	0.26
Mortality-specific fitness cost (% of total)	ϕ	100%	55%	100%
Economic cost of a single infection (dollars per case)	q_γ	$10	$10	$10
Spray cost per person (dollars per person-year)	q_C	$1.21	$1.21	$1.21
Risk-adjusted discount rate (% per year)	δ	10%	10%	10%
Speed of resistance evolution (per year)	ε	15⁻¹	15⁻¹	0

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