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Table 2 Parameters involved in the Mayaro virus epidemiical dynamics

From: The Mayaro virus and its potential epidemiological consequences in Colombia: an exploratory biomathematics analysis

Parameter

Symbol

Value

References

Duration of the infection in humans

 

12 (days)

[31, 107]

Intrinsic time of virus incubation

 

3–11 (days)

[108]

Extrinsic time of virus incubation

 

7 (days)

[16, 35]

Rate of vector-host effective contact

\(\beta_{M}\)

0.5–0.8

[109]

Rate of host-vector effective contact

\(\beta_{H}\)

0.29–0.39

[109]

Larvae carrying capacity

\(K\).

50,000

[41, 75]