Theory and Modern Applications
Parameters | Description | Value | Reference |
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a | Biting rate of mosquito (number of bites per mosquito per day) | 0.5 | [18] |
b | Probability of transmission from an infectious mosquito to a susceptible human per bite (dimensionless) | 0.4 | [18] |
c | Probability of transmission from a symptomatically infected human to a susceptible mosquito per bite (dimensionless) | 0.5 | [19] |
β | Transmission rate from a symptomatically infected humans to susceptible humans (per day) | 0.05 | [7] |
K | Relative human-to-human transmissibility of exposed to symptomatically infected humans (dimensionless) | 0.6 | [7] |
τ | Relative human-to-human transmissibility of convalescent to symptomatically infected humans (dimensionless) | 0.3 | [7] |
η | Relative human-to-mosquito transmission probability of exposed humans to symptomatically infected human (dimensionless) | 0.1 | [7] |
θ(%) | Proportion of symptomatic infections (dimensionless) | 18 | [20] |
\(1/ \alpha_{h} \) | Intrinsic incubation period (days) | 5 | [21] |
\(1/\alpha_{v} \) | Extrinsic incubation period (days) | 10 | [18] |
\(1/\gamma_{h1}\) | Period of acute phase (days) | 5 | [21] |
\(1/\gamma_{h2}\) | Period of convalescent phase (days) | 20 | [4] |
\(1/\gamma_{h}\) | Period of asymptomatic infection (days) | 7 | [7] |
\(1/\mu_{v}\) | Mosquito lifespan (days) | 14 |