Competent hosts and endemicity of multi-host vector-borne diseases

DOI10.1007/S11538-018-00543-3MaRDI QIDQ2283906zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Camilo Sanabria Malagón, Esteban Vargas Bernal

Publication date 13 January 2020

Published in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09426

zbMATH Keywords

epidemic modelvector-borne disease

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

Abstract: In this paper we propose a method to study a general vector-hosts mathematical model in order to explain how the changes in biodiversity could influence the dynamics of vector-borne diseases. We find that under the assumption of frequency-dependent transmission, i.e. the assumption that the number of contacts are diluted by the total population of hosts, the presence of a competent host is a necessary condition for the existence of an endemic state. In addition, we obtain that in the case of an endemic disease with a unique competent and resilient host, an increase in its density amplifies the disease.

Review text

This paper presents a mathematical model which explains the reason why the accumulative effect of decoy hosts is less than additive and how competent and resilient host amplify the vector-borne disease based on conservation laws. The basic reproductive number is characterized. In particular, it is shown that, under certain assumptions, the endemicity of a disease implies the existence of a competent host. A dynamical system is used to model the vector-borne disease with multiple hosts. The community constraints are introduced to the model which lead to a definition of resilient host. The authors measure the effect on the dynamics of the disease due to different changes in the bio-diversity. Some mathematical justifications for the method are provided at the end.

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Cites work

• Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission

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