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. 2014 Dec 11;8(12):e3393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003393

Table 1. Description of state variables.

State variable Description
Sh Number of humans who are not infected with malaria but may get infected if bitten by infectious mosquitoes.
Eh Number of humans that are infected with malaria, but not yet infectious
Ih Number of humans that are fully infectious for malaria
Rh Number of humans in the recovered state who are immune to clinical disease but still harbour low levels of parasites and are still infectious to mosquitoes (albeit at a lower probability)
W Mean W. bancrofti adult worm burden in the human population
F Mean microfilariae burden in the human population
Mss Number of mosquitoes uninfected with either parasite
Mse Number of mosquitoes exposed to W. bancrofti, but not infected with P. falciparum
Msi Number of mosquitoes with infectious stage W. bancrofti larvae, but not infected with P. falciparum
Mes Number of mosquitoes exposed to P. falciparum, but not infected with W. bancrofti
Mee Number of mosquitoes exposed to P. falciparum and W. bancrofti
Mei Number of mosquitoes exposed to P. falciparum, and infectious for W. bancrofti
Mis Number of mosquitoes with P. falciparum sporozoites, but not infected with W. bancrofti
Mie Number of mosquitoes with P. falciparum sporozoites, and exposed to W. bancrofti
Mii Number of mosquitoes infectious for both P. falciparum and W. bancrofti