Research Article
Maximum Equilibrium Prevalence of Mosquito-Borne Microparasite Infections in Humans
Table 2
Model’s parameters and their biological significance.
| Parameter | Biological meaning |
| a | Average daily rate of biting (see text) | b | Fraction of bites actually infective to humans | | Loss of immunity rate | | Latency rate in humans | | Loss of infectiousness in humans | | Human natural mortality rate | | Birth rate of humans | | Carrying capacity of humans | | Disease mortality in humans | | Human recovery rate | p | Hatching rate of susceptible eggs | | Latency rate in mosquitoes | | Natural mortality rate of mosquitoes | | Oviposition rate | g | Proportion of infected eggs | | Carrying capacity of eggs | | Natural mortality rate of eggs | c | Fraction of bites actually infective to mosquitoes | | Climatic factor |
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