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Table 1 Space, time and Plasmodium species-dependent variations in receptivity, infectivity and vulnerability.

From: A quantitative risk assessment approach for mosquito-borne diseases: malaria re-emergence in southern France

Components

Variation

Space

dependent

Time

dependent

Plasmodium-species

dependent

Receptivity

m (vector-host ratio)

YES

YES

NO

 

a (vector-biting rate)

NO

YES

NO

 

h (anthropophily)

NO

NO

NO

 

u (length of the trophogonic cycle)

NO

YES

NO

 

p (survival rate)

NO

NO

NO

 

n (sporogonic cycle)

NO

YES

YES

Infectivity

b (susceptibility)

NO

NO

YES

Vulnerability

 

YES

YES

YES