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Table 4 Dependent parameters of semi-field model

From: Predicting the impact of outdoor vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity from semi-field studies

Symbol

Description

Unit

\(\alpha _{\text {H}_{k}}\)

Human availability rate in night k

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

\(\alpha _{\text {T}_{k}}\)

Trap availability rate in night k

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

\(\mu _{k}\)

Mosquito mortality or disarming rate in night k

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

\(\alpha _{\text {H}}\)

Mean human availability rate over all nights

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

\(\alpha _{\text {T}}\)

Mean trap availabitrap availability rate acts as an additional lity rate over all nights

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

\(\mu\)

Mean mosquito mortality or disarming rate over all nights

\(\text {h}^{-1}\)

  1. Parameters may be equipped with \([\text {C}]\) or \([\text {I}]\) to denote a control or intervention arm, respectively, to which they are fitted
  2. k is the index for a given night, as defined in Table 3