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- Title
A Malaria Model with Two Delays.
- Authors
Hui Wan; Jing-an Cui
- Abstract
A transmission model of malaria with two delays is formulated. We calculate the basic reproduction number R0 for the model. It is shown that the basic reproduction number is a decreasing function of two time delays. The existence of the equilibria is studied. Our results suggest that the model undergoes a backward bifurcation, which implies that bringing the basic reproduction number below 1 is not enough to eradicate malaria.
- Subjects
MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL models; BASIC reproduction number; TIME delay systems; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; EXISTENCE theorems; MATHEMATICAL functions
- Publication
Discrete Dynamics in Nature & Society, 2013, p1
- ISSN
1026-0226
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/601265