Theory and Modern Applications
From: Modelling the use of impulsive vaccination to control Rift Valley Fever virus transmission
Symbol | Description | Range | Source |
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Λ | Recruitment rate of ruminant | 25,000-46,000 | Estimate |
\(M_{0}\) | Capacity for mosquitoes | − | Estimate |
a | Female mosquito bites rate (year−1) | 156-256 | Farida [18] |
\(p_{m}\) | Probability of successful infection in mosquitoes | (0.0021, 0.2762) | Saul [10] |
\(p_{r}\) | Probability of successful infection in ruminants | (0.0021, 0.2429) | Saul [10] |
d | Death rate of ruminant due to RVFV (year−1) | 9.125-36.5 | Saul [10] |
μ | Natural death rate of ruminant (year−1) | 0.1014-1.0139 | Saul [10] |
γ | Rate of recovery in ruminant (year−1) | 73-365 | Saul [10] |
η | Death rate of mosquitoes (year−1) | 6.08-121.6 | Saul [10] |
ξ | Development time of mosquitoes (year−1) | 24.3-73 | Saul [10] |
ϕ | Vaccinated rate for susceptible ruminant (year−1) | 0-1 | Estimate |