A Mathematical Model for the Control of Cholera Epidemic without Natural Recovery
- 1 Department of Mathematics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State, Nigeria
- 2 Department of Mathematics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State, Nigeria
Abstract
In this research work, we present a mathematical model for the control of cholera outbreak without natural recovery. This follows a slight modification as compared to previous cholera models for the Nigerian case. Our model incorporates treatment, water hygiene as well as environmental sanitation. The model employs a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which is analyzed in detail for its stability properties. We compute the basic reproduction ratio R 0 for the various control parameters and discover that with proper combination of control measures, the spread of cholera could be minimized. Numerical simulation of the cholera model is done using MathCAD14, and the graphical profiles of the main variables are depicted. We conclude that improvement in treatment, water hygiene and the environmental sanitation is indeed effective in eradicating the cholera epidemic.
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