A Schistosomiasis Model with Mating Structure

Longxing Qi and Jing-an Cui

Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2013, vol. 2013, 1-9

Abstract:

A schistosomiasis model is proposed including single schistosomes, paired schistosomes, snails, and the latent period of infected snails. A reasonable sex ratio of schistosomes and the minimum mating function are considered. A threshold condition determining the stability of the system is given, and the stability of equilibrium for the model is shown. The impact of the latent period of infected snails on schistosomiasis transmission can be found through numerical simulations. Finally, preferable control strategies are obtained by sensitivity analyses. Killing snails may be the preferred control measure. If we choose chemotherapy, we should use some drugs which are sufficient for reducing egg-associated pathology, since paired schistosomes are mostly harmful to definitive hosts.

Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/AAA/2013/741386.pdf (application/pdf)
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/AAA/2013/741386.xml (text/xml)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hin:jnlaaa:741386

DOI: 10.1155/2013/741386

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Abstract and Applied Analysis from Hindawi
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Mohamed Abdelhakeem ().