Research Article

Modeling the Control of Zika Virus Vector Population Using the Sterile Insect Technology

Table 2

Model parameters and descriptions.

S/NParametersDescriptions

1Oviposition rate of fertilized female mosquitoes
2Proportion of emerging female mosquitoes
3Male mosquitoes emerging population
4Mating rate, where
5Maturity rate of mosquitoes
6Natural death rate of wild male mosquitoes
7Natural death rate of sterile mosquitoes
8Density dependent death rate of the aquatic mosquito class
9Natural death rate for aquatic mosquitoes
10Natural death rate for female mosquitoes
11Female mosquitoes probability to mate with wild male mosquitoes
12Female mosquitoes probability to mate with sterile male mosquitoes
13Fraction of the released sterile mosquitoes, that can join the wild mosquitoes,
14Mean mating competitiveness of the sterile male mosquitoes.