Table 1.

The notation, biological meaning and values of parameters applied in the simulations. Values are derived from [12]

Parameter	Meaning	Value
a	Average daily biting rate	0·164*
b	Fraction of bites actually infective to humans	0·6
μH	Natural mortality rate of humans	3·5 × 10−5 days–1
rH	Birth rate of humans	2·4 × 10−5 days–1
κH	Carrying capacity of humans	4 × 105
αH	Dengue mortality in humans	10−3 days–1
γH	Recovery rate of humans	0·143 days–1
PS	Hatching rate of susceptible eggs	0·15 days–1
d1	Winter modulation parameter	0·07
d2	Winter modulation parameter	0·06
f	Frequency of seasonal cycles	2·8 × 10−3 days–1
μM	Natural mortality rate of mosquitoes	0·09 days–1
τ	Extrinsic incubation period	7 days
αM	Dengue mortality in mosquitoes	Negligible
rM	Oviposition rate	50 days–1
PI	Hatching rate of infected eggs
g	Proportion of infected eggs	0·5
κE	Carrying capacity of eggs	98 × 106
ε	Parameter in equation (2)	60 days–1
μE	Natural mortality rate of eggs	0·1 days–1
c	Fraction of bites actually infective to mosquitoes	0·54
υ	Vaccination rate	0·06 days–1
φ	Vaccine efficacy	Variable
Ω	Term of increase in κE	Variable

^*From [15].