Research Article
Modeling the Control of Zika Virus Vector Population Using the Sterile Insect Technology
Table 2
Model parameters and descriptions.
| S/N | Parameters | Descriptions |
| 1 | | Oviposition rate of fertilized female mosquitoes | 2 | | Proportion of emerging female mosquitoes | 3 | | Male mosquitoes emerging population | 4 | | Mating rate, where | 5 | | Maturity rate of mosquitoes | 6 | | Natural death rate of wild male mosquitoes | 7 | | Natural death rate of sterile mosquitoes | 8 | | Density dependent death rate of the aquatic mosquito class | 9 | | Natural death rate for aquatic mosquitoes | 10 | | Natural death rate for female mosquitoes | 11 | | Female mosquitoes probability to mate with wild male mosquitoes | 12 | | Female mosquitoes probability to mate with sterile male mosquitoes | 13 | | Fraction of the released sterile mosquitoes, that can join the wild mosquitoes, | 14 | | Mean mating competitiveness of the sterile male mosquitoes. |
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