Temperature affects viral kinetics and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes co-infected with Mayaro and Dengue viruses

Table 2 Parameter definitions, unit of measure and relative values at 27 and 32 °C and at 7 and 14 days post infection (dpi) of MAYV and DENV in single and co-infection

Parameters	Definition	Unit	MAYV		MAYV + DENV		DENV		DENV + MAYV
Parameters	Definition	Unit	27 °C	32 °C	27 °C	32 °C	27 °C	32 °C	27 °C	32 °C
a	Biting rate	d⁻¹	0.210	0.232	0.210	0.232	0.210	0.232	0.210	0.232
n	Extrinsic incubation period	d	7.15	2	7.15	2	8.73	6.54	8.73	6.54
g	Mosquito mortality rate	d⁻¹	0.0559	0.127	0.0659	0.125	0.0396	0.0789	0.0659	0.125
b (7 dpi)	Mosquito-to-human probability of transmission	–	0.0732	0.105	0.119	0.212	0	0.194	0.0476	0.394
b (14 dpi)	Mosquito-to-human probability of transmission	–	0.0270	0.160	0.0263	0.200	0.0500	0.192	0.0789	0.333
c (7 dpi)	Human-to-mosquito probability of transmission	–	0.390	0.474	0.476	0.636	0.488	0.581	0.643	0.727
c (14 dpi)	Human-to-mosquito probability of transmission	–	0.487	0.520	0.553	0.533	0.625	0.577	0.605	0.667

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