Table 1.

Parameter values, units, and sources

Parameter	Value	Source
R* (red blood cell count at homeostasis)	8.5 × 106 cells/μL	Savill et al. 2009
λ (maximum new red blood cells)	3.7 × 105 RBCs/μL/day	Savill et al. 2009
μ (red blood cell mortality rate)	0.025/day	Miller et al. 2010
p (max. per merozoite invasion rate)	4 × 10−6/day	Mideo et al. 2008*
α (blood-stage delay)	1 day	Landau and Boulard 1978
αG (gametocyte delay)	2 days	Gautret et al. 1996
β (burst size)	10 merozoites	Mideo et al. 2008*
μZ (merozoite mortality rate)	48/day	used in Hetzel and Anderson 1996, Mideo et al. 2008
μG (gametocyte mortality rate)	4/day	Gautret et al. 1996†

^*within realistic range

^†length of most infectious stage