Global dynamics of a vector-host epidemic model with age of infection
Yan-Xia Dang1, Zhi-Peng Qiu2, Xue-Zhi Li3
1Department of Public Education, Zhumadian Vocational and Technical College, Zhumadian 463000, China
Abstract:
In this paper, a partial differential equation (PDE) model is proposed to explore the transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases. The model includes both incubation age of the exposed hosts and infection age of the infectious hosts which describe incubation-age dependent removal rates in the latent period and the variable infectiousness in the infectious period, respectively. The reproductive number R0 is derived. By using the method of Lyapunov function, the global dynamics of the PDE model is further established, and the results show that the basic reproduction number R0 determines the transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases: the disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if R0 ≤ 1, and the endemic equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if R0 > 1. The results suggest that an effective strategy to contain vector-borne diseases is decreasing the basic reproduction number R0 below one.
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