This implements a delay differential equation model for adult mosquito ecology and
infection dynamics that is consistent with the model published by George
Macdonald in 1952. A generalized version of this model, the MYZ module GeRM
,
was developed to handle exogenous forcing by weather and vector control. This model
should be used only for educational purposes.
Variables:
: the density of adult mosquitoes : the density of infected adult mosquitoes : the density of infectious adult mosquitoes
Parameters and Terms:
orLambda
: the emergence rate of adult mosquitoes (fromF_emerge
) orf
: the blood feeding rate orq
: maturation rate oreip
: the extrinsic incubation period orOmega
: an adult mosquito demographic matrix, including mortality and migration orUpsilon
: survival and dispersal through the eip,
Dynamics:
In the delay equation, we use the subscript to denote the lagged value of a
variable or term: e.g.,
This model was included mainly for the historical interest. It has been updated to handle
exogenous forcing by weather and vector control in the module GeRM
Usage
# S3 method for class 'macdonald'
dMYZdt(t, y, pars, s)
Value
a numeric vector