On the reproduction number and the optimal control of infectious diseases in a heterogenous population

Abstract The effect of infectious diseases cannot be overemphasised. The continuing surfacing of the infectious diseases gives the stakeholders a great concern. In this paper, the nature of the spread of Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa in 2014 is studied. We develop a model that analyses the spr...

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Main Authors: A. U. Chukwu, J. A. Akinyemi, M. O. Adeniyi, S. O. Salawu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Advances in Difference Equations
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-020-03050-9