Variable or Parameter | Symbol | Comments & Constraints |
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Period number (periods over which the population is tracked)* | n | 0<n |
Dominance of resistance allele | d | dominant d = 1 |
 |  | recessive d = 0 |
Genotype (normal allele s, resistant allele r) | g | (s,s) g = 1 |
 |  | (s,r) g = 2 |
 |  | (r,r) g = 3 |
Proportion of total population having genotype g at start of period n | G g,n | Â |
Proportion of the population resistant at start of period n | R n | Â |
Average number of infectious bites per mosquito in population in period n | M n | Â |
Size of initial population (susceptibles in the presence of treatment) as proportion of base population (susceptibles without treatment) | J | value from FCM |
Population size in period n as proportion of initial population size | W n | Â |
Average infectious bites during one time period from an untreated population | q | value from FCM |
Number of infectious bites from treated population during time period n, expressed as a % of the number of infectious bites during one time period from a susceptible population without treatment, | Q n | Chosen measure of control |
Number of periods between egg-laying and adult emergence | Φ | Input |