Style Guide

We use human in most cases. When the parasite or pathogen’s vertebrate host is not human, we call it the host, or if some clarification is needed in context, the parasite or pathogen’s vertebrate host.
We use mosquito and vector interchangably in most cases.
The extrinsic incubation period is abbreviated EIP

\(\cal X\) & \(\cal H\)

\({\cal X}\) is a shorthand way of describing the state space for infection and immunity in the host population; generically, the differential equations are: \[\frac{d {\cal X}}{dt}\]
\({\cal H}\) is a shorthand way of describing the state space for the host population
The \(\cal XH\) Component
An \(\cal X\) Module is

For example, the SIS Module for the \(\cal X\) Component.

The state space describing host epidemiology – the state space for infection and immunity – of infections in the parasite / pathogen’s vertebrate host, we call it the