Table 1.
A summary of the variables of the human onchocerciasis multiscale model given by (3.3).
| no. | variable | description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SH(t) | population of susceptible human hosts at time t |
| 2 | IH(t) | population of infected human hosts at time t |
| 3 | Pf(t) | mean population of L3 larvae per infected human host at time t |
| 4 | Pw(t) | mean population of immature worms per infected human host at time t |
| 5 | Pm(t) | mean population of mature worms per infected human host at time t |
| 6 | Ph(t) | mean population of microfilariae per infected human host at time t |
| 7 | PH(t) | community microfilariae pathogen load (CMPL) at time t |
| 8 | SV(t) | population of susceptible blackfly vector hosts at time t |
| 9 | IV(t) | population of infected blackfly vector hosts at time t |
| 10 | Ps(t) | mean population of microfilariae per infected blackfly vector at time t |
| 11 | Pa(t) | mean population of L1 larvae per infected blackfly vector at time t |
| 12 | Pb(t) | mean population of L2 larvae per infected blackfly vector at time t |
| 13 | Pv(t) | mean population of L3 larvae per infected blackfly vector at time t |
| 14 | PV(t) | community L3 larvae pathogen load (CLPL) at time t |