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. 2016 Dec 23;23:63. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2016066

Table 4.

Units and initial values for each HATSim agent.

Agents Attributes Values Sources
Glossinas n 5000 Müller et al. (2004) [23]
Daily mortality rate 0.2865 Defined by modeling by a fly population at equilibrium
Sex ratio 1 Müller et al. (2004) [23]
Wild mammals n 400 Massussi et al. (2009, 2010) [19, 20]
Kingdon et al. (2013) [17]
Size ratio (small/med./large) 0.65/0.25/0.1 Massussi et al. (2009, 2010) [19, 20]
Kingdon et al. (2013) [17]
Infection sensitivity ratio (small/med./large) 0.51/0.13/0.79 Massussi et al. (2009, 2010) [19, 20]
Domestic animals n 30 Van Hoof et al. (1947) [28]
Infection sensitivity ratio 100% Penchenier et al. (2005) [25]
Humans n 500 Census 1999
No. of cases 20 NCP 2000
NCP Medical cover rate 0.70 NCP 2000
Vector control No. of traps 0–200 According to modeler