Table 1 Parameters and parameter values

Host parameters

 Intrinsic incubation period

τ _i

Gamma (53.8, 0.1)

[13]

 Inverse of the duration of infectious period

γ

1/Gamma (25, 0.2)

[13]

Vector parameters

 Extrinsic incubation period

τ _e

Equation (2)

[1]

 Daily mortality rate

μ

Equation (3)

[7]

 Daily biting rate of the mosquitoes

a

0.3

[1]

Host and vector parameters

 Transmission probability (vector to host)

b

0.46

[1]

 Transmission probability (host to vector)

c

0.83

[1]