Modelling optimum use of attractive toxic sugar bait stations for effective malaria vector control in Africa

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Parameters and assumptions used in the model

Parameters/inputs	Values	References
Village size	600 × 600 m	Assumption
House distribution	100 × 100 m	Assumption
No. houses	25	Assumption
No. humans	100	Assumption
Initial no. male An. gambiae	1000	Assumption
Initial no. female An. gambiae	1000	Assumption
Human moving outdoors	07:00–20:00	Assumption
Active time of An. gambiae	19:00–05:00	Assumption
Max life span of male An. gambiae	10 days	[33–35]
Max life span of female An. gambiae	30 days	[33–35]
Hunger level threshold of sugar-seeking females switching to accepting blood	2	[37, 55–57] and assumption
Hunger level threshold of blood-seeking females switching to sugar-seeking	2	[37, 55–57] and assumption
No. random movements leading to an additional need for sugar meal	2000 steps	[47] and assumption
Extrinsic incubation period	10 days	[38, 46]
Minimum number of sugar meal of male An. gambiae per night	2	[53]
Minimum number of sugar/blood meal of female An. gambiae per night	1	[53]
Days needed to develop eggs after blood-feeding	2–3 days	[58]
Average size of egg batches	100	[59]
Attractive distance of sugar source	5 m	Unpublished data
Attractive distance of human	40 m	Unpublished data
Sensing distance of larval habitat site	5 m	Unpublished data
Sensing distance of resting site	5 m	Unpublished data
Duration of aquatic stage	12 days	[52, 60]
Larval habitat site capacity	300	Assumption
Egg hatch rate	0.7	[48, 49]
Independent mortality of larvae	0.1	[51]
Emerging rate of pupae	0.7	[52]

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