International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology
Volume 30 | Number 1 | Year 2016 | Article Id. IJMTT-V30P501 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V30P501
A Mathematical Model was developed for the spread and control of Lassa Lever. The model incorporates two control parameters, the use of condom to control human to human transmission via sexual contact with opposite sex and the use of Rodenticide to reduce both the dormant and active Rat populations. Existence and stability were analysed for disease free equilibrium. Key to our analysis is the definition of a basic reproductive number ( 0 ), R which is the number of secondary infections that one infective individual would create over the duration of the infectious period provided that everyone else is susceptible. It is known that when 1 0 R the disease dies out, and when 1 0 R the disease persists in the population.
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Onuorah Martins .O., Ojo Moses .S., Usman Dahiru.J., Ademu Abdulkadir, "Basic Reproductive Number for the Spread and Control of Lassa fever," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1-7, 2016. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V30P501
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