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Table 1 Parameter notation, values, and sources

From: Reducing dengue fever cases at the lowest budget: a constrained optimization approach applied to Thailand

Symbol

Definition

Value

Data source

μh

Human birth rate = death rate

1/(70 × 365)

[47]

μv

Vector mortality rate (non-Wolbachia)

12 days− 1

[57]

Τv

Average extrinsic incubation rate

9 days− 1

[57]

Τh

Average intrinsic incubation rate

7 days− 1

[57]

É£h

Human recovery rate

6 days− 1

[58]

βhv

Transmission probability, vector (non-Wolbachia) to host

0.186

Modelled

βvh

Transmission probability, host to vector (non-Wolbachia)

0.186

Modelled

bv

Biting rate (non-Wolbachia)

[0, 1]

[57]

ε

Vaccine efficacy

73%

Assumeda

θ

Waning rate at which temporarily protected individuals with dengue vaccine become partly susceptible to DF

10 years

Assumed

p

Proportion (coverage) of population vaccinated at birth

[0, 1]

Modelled

μw

Vector mortality rate (Wolbachia)

1.10 × μv

[52, 53]

Τw

Average extrinsic incubation rate (Wolbachia)

Τv

[52, 53]

bw

Biting rate (Wolbachia)

0.95 × bv

[52, 53]

βhw

Transmission probability, vector (Wolbachia) to host

0.5 × βhv

[52, 53]

βwh

Transmission probability, host to vector (Wolbachia)

Î’vh

[52, 53]

Br

Scaling factor, vector birth rate (Wolbachia)

0.95

[52, 53]

W

Wolbachia release coverage

[0, 1]

Modelled

  1. DF dengue fever
  2. aInformed by candidate vaccines in development [8, 9]