Table 1.
Parameter | Meaning | Value |
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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].