Param.

Description

Estimated

value/ranges

Size of vector population

Recruitment rate in the vector population (vectors/day)

178,010

Biting rate of vectors (bites/year/vector)

150 - 200

Natural death rate of vectors (deaths/vector/day)

Transition rate from any resting state to a questing state

Computed

Number of questing/resting cycles before infectivity

, 8, 9

Probability that blood meal on host group results in vector infection

0.010 - 0.27

Probability of being killed during a blood meal on host group

Variable

Probability of successful blood meal on host group

Variable