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Table 1 Parameter values

From: Analysing the nutrition-disease nexus: the case of malaria

Parameter

Description

Value

\(a(\phi _N)\)

Biting rate

(58) and Additional file 1: Figure 1 [20]

b

Proportion of bites that produce human infection

\(b/r=0.57\) year [21]

r

Human clearance rate for each infection

\(b/r=0.57\) year [21]

\(\alpha \)

Proportion of children to adults

0.17 [22]

\(m(\phi _N)\)

Ratio of female mosquitoes to humans

(59) and Additional file 1: Figure 2 [20]

c

Proportion of bites that produce mosquito infection

0.5 [23]

\(\mu (\phi _N)\)

Mosquito mortality rate

(60) and Additional file 1: Figure 3 [20]

k

Susceptibility shape parameter

0.17 [21]

\(k_1\)

Undernutrition shape parameter

0.153 [19], Additional file 1: Figure 4

\(\mu _Z, \sigma _Z\)

Normal WAZ parameters

\(-\)1.00, 1.27 [24]

\(\mu _A, \sigma _A\)

Lognormal food parameters

\(-\)1.56, 0.42 [19]

\(p_c(\mathcal{E})\)

Proportion of infections that are clinical

(74), Additional file 1: Figure 6 and §2.4

d(z)

Malaria mortality per 1000 children

\(e^{1.851-0.607z}\) [13, 25], Additional file 1: Figure 8