From: Behavioural manipulation of insect hosts by Baculoviridaeas a process of niche construction
Parameter | Meaning |
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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). |