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TOT HU
EGG LAY RATE
V INF RATE
K
EGGS
NYMPHS
ADULTS
HATCHING
INF VEC
VEC INFECTING
BIRTHS
MATURING
ADULTS
NYMPH DYING
ADULT DYING
INF VEC DYING
EGG DYING
ADULT SUV
INS EGG SURV
NYMPH DR
ADULT SUV
TR HB
TR DB
TR B
PR D
INF DOG
V INF RATE
TOT DOGS
BL SOURCE
INF HU
CONT INF HOST
R
N FEEDING
Fig. 6.2
as much as on humans, since it is not likely to be interrupted by these animals during
feeding
11
. Therefore, we obtained BLOOD SOURCES of bugs as follows:
BLOOD SOURCE
=
TOTAL HUMANS (SUSCEPTIBLE + INFECTED HUMANS)
+
R
∗
(TOTAL DOGS + CHICKENS)
,
when TEMPERATURE
<
70
and
BLOOD SOURCE = TOTAL HUMANS + R
∗
(TOTAL DOGS)
,
when TEMPERATURE
<
=
70
,
(6.2)
11
Gurtler, R.E., Cohen, J.E., Cecere, M.C. and R. Chuit. 1997. Shifting host choices of the vector
of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans, in relation to the availability of hosts in houses in northwest
Argentina. J Appl Ecology, 34, 699-715.
