Figure 1
Malaria transmission dynamics within a patch between mosquito and human population. Mosquito population (in blue): Mosquitoes emerge from a water source uninfected and unfed (Su). Susceptible, unfed mosquitoes feed at rate A u and they are then considered fed and susceptible (Sf), unless the blood-meal infects the mosquito with malaria (with probability cX) in which case they become latent and fed (Lf). Latent mosquitoes become infectious at the rate θ, regardless of whether they are fed or unfed (L f to I f , or L u to I u ). Fed mosquitoes, regardless of their infection status, return to being unfed after ovipositing, at rate A f . (S u to S f , L u to L f , or I u to I f ). All mosquitoes die at a rateμ. Human population (in green): Susceptible Human (H) may become infective (X) after an infective bite at a rate b.A u . They would return to the susceptible state at a rate r.