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Table 1 Parameters for immunology component of HYDREMATS

From: Linking environmental variability to village-scale malaria transmission using a simple immunity model

 

Parameter value

Percent change in prevalence parameter value decreased by 10%

Minimum disease clearance rate parameter

1/220 days

+35%

rmin

Maximum disease clearance rate parameter

1/110 days

+5%

rmax

Rate of acquiring immunity

0.017 per infectious bite

−4%

s

Maximum probability a human is infected when bitten by infectious mosquito

0.5

+1%

bmax

Minimum probability a human is infected when bitten by infectious mosquito

0.05

0%

bmin

Rate of immunity loss

0.019% per day without infectious bite

+6%