Omitting age-dependent mosquito mortality in malaria models underestimates the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets
Fig 5
Mosquito timeline after taking an infectious blood-meal.
We assume that a mosquito takes an infectious blood-meal at age a0. In order for it to become infectious, it must survive the EIP. After surviving the EIP, at age a1, the mosquito will take infectious blood-meals up until its death, at a2. [Note: the mosquito might not survive the EIP, hence, it is possible that a2 < a1.] The mosquito clip-art used to produce this figure was obtained from www.clker.com under the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license.