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. 2022 Oct 8;15:361. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05481-7

Table 2.

Model parameters and their associated values for the scenarios presented

Parameter Description Value References
βH Transmission rate for humans 1.5 × 10–4 Assumed
βM Transmission rate for mosquitos 3.0 × 10–4 Assumed
ρ Relative transmission for protected humans 0.2 Assumed
γD Concern of disease transmission [low, medium, high] [15, 150, 1500]/700 Assumed
γB Concern of being bitten [low, medium, high] [0.1, 0.5, 1]/1200 Assumed
1/λ Average length of use of personal protection for susceptible humans 2 Assumed
μH Natural death rate for humans (8.6/1000)/365 [9]
μM Natural death rate for mosquitos 1/13 [9]
bH Human birth rate (9/1000)/365 [30]
r Human recovery rate 0.037 [31]
ν Maturation rate (larvae to mosquito) 1/7 [9]
η Mosquito egg laying rate 10 [9]
p Fraction of people that travel between patches 0.2 [16]
ϵ Environmental concern that demotivates pesticide usage for mosquito and larval control [low, medium, high] [500, 200, 150] [16]
γC Demand for community level vector control influenced by disease in the population e-ϵ/50 [16]
τ Time delay on application of control 7 Assumed
Kj Larvae carrying capacity for each patch (j) [20000,25000] [16]
N Number of patches 25

We assume the same constant values for each patch, excluding the larvae carrying capacity which can vary across patches. The assumed rates were chosen to reflect early Zika outbreaks. Each rate is presented on a daily timescale