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Table 2 Parameters used in the Ross-Macdonald transmission calculations

From: Modelling the impact of insecticide-based control interventions on the evolution of insecticide resistance and disease transmission

Symbol

Meaning

Default value

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

  1. Note that mosquito density, m, is a relatively large number of adult females per host and thus represents an area of high malaria transmission; see Additional file 3 for more information