Modeling rabies transmission in spatially heterogeneous environments via \(\theta \)-diffusion (Q2659799)

This paper studies a dog rabies model where the diffusion of dog population can be captured by the \(\theta\)-diffusion equation. Here, \(\theta\) describes the way each individual dog makes movement decisions in the random walk. The movements of infectious and non-infectious dogs are not the same. Infectious dogs have destroyed central nervous systems and they move randomly. Susceptible dogs will make their movement based on the conditions at the locations. It is assumed that the recruitment of new susceptible dogs may result from both new borns and the importation of dogs from outside. Susceptible and exposed dogs are vaccinated at the same rake. Moreover, if a susceptible dog is bitten by an infectious god, it will enter the exposed compartment and the risk factor of it to develop clinical rabies is introduced. The paper derives the basic reproduction number and numerically studied the dynamics of the system with homogeneous, city-wild and Gaussian-type diffusions.