Parameter | Estimate | Basis for the estimate |
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N | 15 inhabitants/km2 | Value obtained by dividing the rural population in 2010 by the area of the municipality based on Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) figures [52] |
M | 10,815Â specimens/km2 | Value obtained from entomological studies carried out in the area [36, 37] and by applying linear regression following Zippin [53] |
μ | 0.68 | Bona and Navarro-Silva [54] |
TMH | 0.022 | |
THM | 0.24 | |
γ | 0.0055 (180 days) | Value obtained from the observed frequency of asymptomatic individuals and the results reported by Chitnis et al. [55] |
b | 0.5 | |
q | 10Â days | Chitnis et al. 2008 [55] |
p | 8Â days |