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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Veterinary Public Health

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  • Rabies in dogs poses a significant global public health risk.
  • Conventional models often overlook spatial heterogeneity's impact on disease dynamics.
  • Understanding spatial patterns is crucial for effective rabies control strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and analyze a spatially heterogeneous mathematical model for dog rabies.
  • To investigate the influence of different diffusion patterns on rabies epizootics.
  • To assess the impact of spatial heterogeneity on rabies elimination strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a spatially heterogeneous dog rabies model using the $\alpha$-diffusion equation.
  • Numerical investigation of model dynamics across homogeneous, city-wild, and Gaussian diffusion scenarios.
  • Analysis of traveling and epizootic wave propagation and steady-state solutions.

Main Results:

  • Initial conditions influence wave type (traveling vs. epizootic) but not steady states.
  • An "active" interface with distinct population ridges and valleys emerges between urban and wild zones.
  • Epizootic wave progression speed varies in heterogeneous environments; eliminating rabies requires integrated vaccination strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial heterogeneity critically affects rabies dynamics and wave propagation in dog populations.
  • Targeted vaccination in only urban or wild areas is insufficient for complete rabies eradication.
  • Incorporating seasonal transmission leads to a time-periodic, spatially heterogeneous equilibrium state.