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Table 2 Variable Wolbachia and mosquito parameters. Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, Maternal Inheritance, and Fecundity Penalty were obtained from the wMel estimates in [7]. Fitness Cost was obtained from [5]. Mosquito and Wolbachia variables are denoted by (M) and (W), respectively

From: A computer simulation model of Wolbachia invasion for disease vector population modification

Parameter

Value

Population Size (M)

10,000–250,000

Number of Populations (M)

2–4

Invasion Rate (M)

20–40 %

Migration (M)

1–5 %

Intensity of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (W)

100 %

Maternal Inheritance (W)

100 %

Fecundity Penalty Wolbachia Infected (W)

12–18 %

Fecundity Penalty Wolbachia Non-infected (W)

8–10 %

Wolbachia Fitness Cost (W)

15–25 %