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. 2016 Jan 13;78(2):185–209. doi: 10.1007/s11538-015-0135-z

Table 1.

Description of the subpopulations

Class symbols Description
SH Susceptible individuals in home country
that never travelled to the endemic country
IH Infectious individuals in home country
that acquired the infection locally in their home country
(autochthonous infections from the SH class)
RH Recovered individuals in home country, from the
autochthonous infections IH class
ST Susceptible travelers that returned susceptible
to their home country
IT Infectious travelers, infected locally in home country
after returning (autochthonous infections from the ST class)
RT Recovered individuals from the autochthonous
infections IT class
ST Susceptible travelers visiting an endemic country
IT Infectious travelers, that acquired the infection at the
visited country and return infectious
RT Recovered travelers, that were infected and recovered in
the visited country before returning home
RT Individuals RT that returned to their home country
IT Individuals IT that returned to their home country
RT Recovered travelers, that were infected in the visited
country, returned home infected, and recovered there
SM Susceptible mosquitoes (disease vectors in the home country)
LM Latent mosquitoes, disease vectors which have been infected
locally by IH, IT and IT but are not yet infectious
IM Infectious mosquitoes, disease vectors which have survived
to the incubation period and can transmit the disease