Table 2 |
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Description of parameters and parameter estimated used in the transmission model. |
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Parameters |
Description |
Point estimates |
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a |
Human feeding rate: Number of bites on human, per mosquito, per day, i.e., the product of the number of bites per mosquito per day and the proportion of bites on humans. |
0.4 day-1 |
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b |
Parasite transmission probability of mosquitoes to humans: The probability that an infectious mosquito transmit the parasite to a human from a single bite. |
0.6 |
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c |
Parasite transmission probability of humans to mosquitoes: The probability that a mosquito become infected from a single bite on an infectious human. |
0.5 |
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ν |
The rate that an infected human becomes positive for malaria parasite: An inverse of latent period. |
1/18 day-1 |
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P |
Treatment coverage: The proportion that infected humans receive the malaria treatment |
0.99 |
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ξ |
The rate that an symptomatic human becomes infectious: An inverse of duration of gametocytogenesis |
1/7 day-1 |
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r |
The rate that an asymptomatic human lose the infectivity: An inverse of duration of gametocyte carriage in natural infection |
1/188 day-1 |
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σ |
The rate that an infectious human lose the infectivity with respect to treatment: |
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σ1: An inverse of duration of gametocyte carriage after mefloquine treatment |
1/10 day-1 |
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σP: An inverse of duration of gametocyte carriage after ACTs treatment |
1/6 day-1 |
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σQ: An inverse of duration of gametocyte carriage after primaquine follow-up treatment |
1/2 day-1 |
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μ |
Import rate of asymptomatic cases: The proportion of imported case per person per day |
0.001/365 day-1 |
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g |
Death rate of mosquitoes: An inverse of expected lifespan of a mosquito |
1/12 day-1 |
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q |
The rate that an infected mosquito becomes infectious: An inverse of duration of sporogony |
1/12 day-1 |
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λ |
Average recruitment rate of adult mosquitoes |
0.33/12 day-1 |
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Lawpoolsri et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:159 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-159 |
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