Optimal control analysis applied to a two-patch model for Guinea worm disease
Steady Mushayabasa,
Anthony A. E. Losio,
Chairat Modnak
et al.
Abstract:We applied optimal control theory to a mathematical model for guinea worm disease, to determine the effectiveness of optimal education campaigns on long-term dynamics of the disease. Our model is concerned with two different host populations, represented by two patches, sharing a common water source. We computed the basic reproduction number of the model and demonstrated that whenever the reproduction number is less than unity the disease dies out in the community. Also we established that when the basic repro… Show more
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