Symbol | Meaning | Default value |
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m | Mosquito density, i.e. number of adult female mosquitoes per human host | 110 |
a | Mosquito biting rate on humans | 0.25 |
b 1 | Probability a bite from an infectious mosquito transmits malaria to susceptible humans | 0.5 |
b 2 | Probability a susceptible mosquito acquires a malaria infection when biting an infectious human | 0.15 |
r | Rate at which humans recover from a malaria infection | 0.01 |