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Table 1 Temperature (T) dependent models to predict the extrinsic incubation period (EIP) of mosquito-borne pathogens and the blood meal digestion period (BMD)

From: Effects of mosquito resting site temperatures on the estimation of pathogen development rates in near-natural habitats in Germany

Parameter

Equation

References

EIP Dirofilaria immitis

[(T-14)/130]/24

Ledesma and Harrington [46]

EIP Plasmodium vivax

[0.000126 × T × (T-14.244) × √(34.4-T)]/24

Cator et al. [29]

EIP West Nile virus

[−0.132 + 0.0092 × T)/24

Hartley et al. [17]

BMD

[(T-9.9)/36.5]/24

Lindsay et al. [32]