Table 1

Baseline Parameter Values

Acquisition of clinical immunity

θ-1

10 years

Loss of clinical immunity

γ-1

2 years

Fraction of new infections that are treated and cleared

ξ1

0.3

ξ2

0.01

Rate clinical symptoms arise (σi) times Fraction treated (fi) equals rate existing infections are cleared by drugs (ρi)

σ1f1 = ρ1

0.025(0.2) = 1/200

σ2f2 = ρ2

0.01(0.2) = 1/500

Disease induced death rate

m

180/100000/year

Human feeding rate

α

0.3

Infectivity rate

b

0.8

Mosquito death rate

g

1/10

Number of days required for sporogony

n

10

Recovery rate

rw

1/(165/b)

rx

rw(fitness cost)


Klein et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:67   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-67

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