An epidemic model with transport-related infection incorporating awareness and screening

In this paper, an epidemic model with transport-related infection is proposed. The model considers inter-patch travel with entry-departure screening. The reproduction number, $$ , is computed and analyzed with respect to awareness and screening parameters. The analytic computations show that the disease-free equilibrium in the absence of travel is globally asymptotically stable when $$ and unstable otherwise. The trans-critical bifurcation occurs at $$ and the locally stable endemic equilibrium point appears if $$ near to $$ . The numerical simulations are performed to verify the analytical computation and explore the dynamic behavior with respect to different model parameters. The result shows that disseminating awareness through the population reduces the spread of disease. Furthermore, the full model results show that the departure screening may reduce the spread of disease in each patch.