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. 2020 Oct 8;13:508. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04354-1

Table 2.

Parameters involved in the Mayaro virus epidemiical dynamics

Parameter Symbol Value References
Duration of the infection in humans 12 (days) [31, 107]
Intrinsic time of virus incubation 3–11 (days) [108]
Extrinsic time of virus incubation 7 (days) [16, 35]
Rate of vector-host effective contact βM 0.5–0.8 [109]
Rate of host-vector effective contact βH 0.29–0.39 [109]
Larvae carrying capacity K. 50,000 [41, 75]