Control Strategies for the Spread of Malaria in Humans With Variable Attractiveness

Folashade B. Agusto and Jean M. Tchuenche

Mathematical Population Studies, 2013, vol. 20, issue 2, 82-100

Abstract: The transmission dynamics of malaria in humans with variable attractiveness is modeled with the possibility of prophylactic measures such as personal protection and treatment. At the disease-free equilibria, the basic reproduction number and a measure for effective disease control are computed. Simulations show that a 10% increase in personal protection leads to a decrease in secondary transmission, and that a 10% increase in the treatment rate leads to a 7% reduction in secondary transmission. Personal protection and effective treatment should be applied together. Personal protection fails with increasing degree of attractiveness.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/08898480.2013.777239

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