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Table 2

Parameters adopted in our model. The indexes h, d, and s stand for humans, dogs, and sandflies, respectively (continuation of Table 1).

Parameter	Meaning	Value	Dimension	Source
	Latent recovery rate	8.22 × 10^−3	1/day	Lanotte et al. [28]
	Dog elimination rate	3.36 × 10^−4	1/day	Camargo-Neves [31]
	Natural mortality rate	5.00 × 10^−2	1/day	Ministry of Health, Brazil [17]
	Extrinsic incubation period	7	Day	Neva and Sacks [32]
	Average daily biting rate (on dogs)	2.00 × 10^−1	1/day	Estimated as Epidemiological Surveillance Direction, Santa Catarina State, Brazil [21]
	Probability of latent dog to infect the sandfly	0.385	Dimensionless	Laurenti et al. [33]
	Probability of clinically ill dog to infect the sandfly	0.247	Dimensionless	Laurenti et al. [33]