Table 2 Transitions and reaction rates in the stochastic model of in vivo mosquito infection dynamics

From: Polygenic viral factors enable efficient mosquito-borne transmission of African Zika virus

Event

Change

Rate

Blood meal clearance

Gv – 1

µGv

Virus infection of the midgut

Gv – 1, Mv + 1

βGv

Virus replication in the midgut

Mv + 1

rMMv(K-Mv)/K

Virus escape into the hemocoel (M:H)

Mv1, Hv + 1

γMHMv

Virus replication in the hemocoel

Hv + 1

rHHv(K-Hv)/K

Virus invasion of the salivary glands (H:S)

Hv1, Sv + 1

γHSHv