A cholera mathematical model with vaccination and the biggest outbreak of world's history

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DOI10.3934/MATH.2018.4.448zbMATH Open1429.34054arXiv1810.05823WikidataQ129066508 ScholiaQ129066508MaRDI QIDQ2335289FDOQ2335289


Authors: Ana P. Lemos-Paião, Cristiana J. Silva, Delfim F. M. Torres Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 14 November 2019

Published in: AIMS Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose and analyse a mathematical model for cholera considering vaccination. We show that the model is epidemiologically and mathematically well posed and prove the existence and uniqueness of disease-free and endemic equilibrium points. The basic reproduction number is determined and the local asymptotic stability of equilibria is studied. The biggest cholera outbreak of world's history began on 27th April 2017, in Yemen. Between 27th April 2017 and 15th April 2018 there were 2275 deaths due to this epidemic. A vaccination campaign began on 6th May 2018 and ended on 15th May 2018. We show that our model is able to describe well this outbreak. Moreover, we prove that the number of infected individuals would have been much lower provided the vaccination campaign had begun earlier.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.05823




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