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Table 1 Parameter values

From: Behavioural manipulation of insect hosts by Baculoviridaeas a process of niche construction

Parameter

Meaning

β L

Transmission between susceptibles and liquefied cadavers.

β C

Transmission between susceptibles and intact cadavers.

μ

Baseline death rate for susceptible and exposed

 

(but asymptomatic) hosts.

ν

Rate of conversion from exposed to intact cadaver states.

δ

Clearance rate for intact and liquefied cadavers.

 

Includes predation and cannibalism that does not transmit

 

infection.

λ

Rate of conversion of intact to liquefied cadavers.

τ

Rate at which virus shed from liquefied cadavers enters

 

the reservoir.

θ

Rate of virus shedding into the reservoir from intact

 

cadavers.

ε

Clearance rate of virions from the reservoir by

 

environmental factors (UV degradation, wind, rain, etc).