Compute Vertebrate Host Availability for Blood Feeding

Usage

compute_B(W, visitors, other_blood)

Arguments

W

availability of the parasite's / pathogen' local hosts

visitors

availability of visitors, or non-resident host populations

other_blood

availability of other vertebrate hosts

Value

host availability, a vector

Details

The availability of other vertebrate hosts is a sum of available local hosts $W$, and visitors $W_{\delta }$, and other available vertebrate hosts, $O$. Total availability is a simple sum: $$B=W+W_{\delta }+O$$

References

Wu SL, Henry JM, Citron DT, Ssebuliba DM, Nsumba JN, C HMS, Brady OJ, Guerra CA, García GA, Carter AR, Ferguson HM, Afolabi BE, Hay SI, Jr RCR, Kiware S, Smith DL (2023). “Spatial dynamics of malaria transmission.” PLoS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1010684. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010684 , 2023-06-27.