Assessing the Role of Climate Change in Malaria Transmission in Africa

Table 1

Parameters of the basic malaria model presented obtained from published literature. () shows dependence on rainfall and () represents dependence on temperature.

Description	Symbol	Value	Source
Adult mosquito birth rate			[8]
Birth rate of juveniles			[9]
Mosquito biting rate			[9]
Number of eggs laid per adult oviposition			[8]
Daily survival probability of eggs			[8]
Daily survival probability of larvae			[8]
Daily survival probability of pupae			[8]
Duration of egg development			[8]
Duration of larvae development			[8]
Rainfall beyond which no immature stages survive			[8]
Duration of pupae development			[8]
Juvenile mosquito death rate			[9]
Adult mosquito death rate			[10]
			[10]
Progression rate of mosquitoes			[11]
Recruitment rate of humans			[12]
Proportion of bites by infectious mosquitoes on susceptible humans that produce infection			[5]
Proportion of bites by susceptible mosquitoes on infected humans that produce infection			[5]
Per capita natural death rate for humans			[12]
Progression rate of humans from exposed class			[12]
Recovery rate of humans			[12]
Per capita disease induced death rate			[12]
Per capita rate of loss of immunity			[13]
Carrying capacity of larvae			[4]
Proportion of humans recovering without temp. immunity			[4]