The impact of self-protective measures in the optimal interventions for controlling infectious diseases of human population

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Kassa, Semu

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Publication Details

Author list: Kassa SM, Ouhinou A

Publisher: Springer (part of Springer Nature): Springer Open Choice Hybrid Journals

Place: HEIDELBERG

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Journal of Mathematical Biology (0303-6812)

Journal acronym: J MATH BIOL

Volume number: 70

Issue number: 1-2

Start page: 213

End page: 236

Number of pages: 24

ISSN: 0303-6812

eISSN: 1432-1416

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

A mathematical model for infectious disease epidemics with behaviour change and treatment is formulated and analysed. It is indicated that behaviour modification by the population has a significant impact on the dynamics of the disease. Moreover, an optimal control theory is applied to propose the best possible combination of efforts in controlling a disease. It is shown that it may not be necessary to continuously apply treatment at a full rate to eradicate the disease, if the effort is supported by effective behaviour modification strategies.

Keywords

behaviour change, Dynamical systems, epidemiological models, Infectious diseases, optimal control

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