Table 1 The classic parameters. A minimal set of parameters for simple malaria models, following notation commonly used by malariologists. The main exception is mosquito lifespan 1/g; the more common alternative is to replace mosquito lifespan with the daily mosquito survival probability, g = -inp.
From: Statics and dynamics of malaria infection in Anopheles mosquitoes
m | Ratio of mosquitoes to humans |
a | Human feeding rate (# bites on a human, per mosquito, per day) |
1/g | Average mosquito life-span, (days) |
n | Incubation period (days) |
c | Transmission efficiency: infected human to mosquito |
b | Transmission efficiency: infected mosquito to human |
1/r | Human infectious period (days) |