Table 2 Model parameter definitions, values and sources

b _H

Transmission coefficient (vectors → hosts) = bite rate (day⁻¹) × transmission probability

0.1 = 1/3 × 0.3 [47]

b _V

Transmission coefficient (hosts → vectors) = bite rate (day⁻¹) × transmission probability

0.007 = 1/3 × 0.02 [48]

m

Ratio of vectors to humans

Varied in simulations; values in figure legends

ε

Clearance rate of symptomatic infection (day⁻¹)

1/200 [49]

κ

Clearance rate of asymptomatic infection (day⁻¹)

1/200 [49]

θ

Level of reduced susceptibility to secondary infection

0.5 (assumed)

τ

Full susceptibility reversion rate (day⁻¹)

1/1000 [50]

μ _H

Birth and death rate of humans (day⁻¹) (i.e., stable population)

1/21,900 (assumed)

μ _V

Birth (or maturation) and death rate of vectors (day⁻¹) (i.e., stable population)

1/10 [51]

σ

Adjustment factor for asymptomatic transmissibility to vector

0.25 [52]

ζ

Rate of parasite development within vector (day⁻¹)

1/10 [53]