Table 1. Parameter values for patches in the simulated landscape.
Parameter | Description | Value | Units | Reference(s) |
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m | Ratio of mosquitoes to humans | ∼ N(60, s) | mosquitoes/human | |
a | Mosquito biting rate | 0.1 | bites per mosquito per day | [49] |
b | Effective transmission from mosquito to human | 0.1 | probability | [50] |
c | Effective transmission from human to mosquito | 0.214 | probability | [51, 52] |
g | Mosquito per-capita death rate | 0.167 | probability of mosquito dying per day | [53, 54] |
n | Incubation period | 10 | days | [55, 56] |
r | Recovery rate | 0.0067 | days−1 | [57] |
N | Total population size | 9 × 106 | number of human hosts | |
k | Rate of movement | [0, 0.2] | days−1 |