Using Data of a Lassa Fever Epidemic in Nigeria: A Mathematical Model Is Shown to Capture the Dynamics and Point to Possible Control Methods

Using Data of a Lassa Fever Epidemic in Nigeria: A Mathematical Model Is Shown to Capture the Dynamics and Point to Possible Control Methods

Lassa fever is a deadly viral illness that is endemic in some parts of West Africa, including Nigeria. A deterministic model in the form of a non-linear system of differential equations is developed to analyse the dynamics and possible control of the disease. The model is tested by fitting it to dat...

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Main Authors: Obiora Cornelius Collins, Kevin Jan Duffy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Mathematics
Subjects:
Lassa fever
disease dynamics
basic reproduction number
stability analyses
model fitting
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/5/1181

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