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A Spatial Model of Mosquito Host-Seeking Behavior

Figure 1

Computational domain.

This is a schematic of the simulation region where the odor plume is computed. At the edges of the simulation region, the concentration is carried out by the wind. The patches represent smaller subregions where the hosts are located. The spatial distribution of hosts within each patch is uniform and there can be multiple patches. The hosts are stationary in the following simulations, although this is not a limitation of the model. The mosquitoes are initially placed in a subregion inside the simulation region but are allowed to leave it (and possibly reenter it) during the simulation. The wind exists everywhere, even outside the simulation region.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002500.g001