Parameter

Description

Estimated/hypothetic value

The fraction of women that get into the sexually active population

30

Men’s fraction that get into the sexually active population

20

The natural mortality rate of persons

0.0003

Infected pregnant women’s fraction that are not developing microcephaly

0.1

Infected pregnant women’s fraction that develops microcephaly

0.9

Developing rate of the infection in the pregnant women

0.7

Transmission probability to the susceptible women

0.7913

Probability of pregnancy

0.6

The infected women recovery rate

0.01

Fraction of women that use contraceptive measures

0.3, 0.6, 0.8

Transmission probability to the susceptible men

0.7913

Transmission probability to the non-carrier mosquitoes

0.6, 0.35

Death rate of the mosquitoes

0.035