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Table 1 Model parameters

From: Broad patterns in domestic vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission dynamics: synanthropic animals and vector control

Symbol

Definition

Value

Reference

r

triatomine birth rate

36.0

[52]

μb

triatomine mortality rate

1.73

[52]

μR

non-human host mortality rate

0.5

[27, 53]

μN

general human mortality rate

0.013

[54]

β

triatomine-host contact rate

41.0

[52]

ca

probability of infection from Ia-B

0.61

[25]

ci

probability of infection from Ii-B

0.026

[27]

cd

probability of infection from Id-B

0.2

[55]

cR

probability of infection from IR-B

0.465

[27, 30, 56]

cvN

probability of infection from V-N

0.00058

[57]

cvR

probability of infection from V-R

0.0199

[58, 59]

δ

rate of movement from Ia-Ii

6.0

[24]

σ

rate of movement from Ia-Id

0.03

[24]

α

Id mortality rate

0.10

[24]

  1. Rates and probabilities are per contact