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. 2016 Apr 22;10(4):e0004633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004633

Table 1. Model parameters for the study in Guangzhou.

Parameters Definition Distribution Source
h The maximum of life span of adult vectors 44d [44]
p(i) Daily survival probability of adult mosquitoes at age i Weilbull [44]
a Human blood feeding rate at 12 hours Fitting2
k Extrinsic incubation period (EIP) 9d [45]
d The longest intrinsic incubation period (IIP)1 8d [46]
σ Age at which adult mosquitoes begin biting hosts 3d [23]
b = c Transmission probability from host to vector (=vector to host) 0.4 [47]
δ The report rate3 0.25 [4]
K The proportionality coefficient between BI and vector density Fitting2
PI The probability distribution of infection period Gamma(25, 0.2) [19, 48]

1The IIP follows Log-normal distribution denoted as PL [46].

2These parameters can be fitted by machine learning methods.

3The reported rate is adopted from the proportion of symptomatic infections during the high-incidence period.