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Effects of habitat characteristics on the growth of carrier population leading to increased spread of typhoid fever: A model

Authors
J.B. Shuklaa, Ashish Goyalb, *, ashish.goyal@student.unsw.edu.au, Shikha Singhc, Peeyush Chandrac
aBhabha Group of Institutions, Kanpur (Rural) 209204, India
bThe University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
cDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Received 25 July 2013, Revised 10 September 2013, Accepted 11 October 2013, Available Online 5 December 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.10.005How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Habitat characteristics; Carriers; Immigration; Logistic model; Stability
Abstract

In this paper, a non-linear model is proposed and analyzed to study the effects of habitat characteristics favoring logistically growing carrier population leading to increased spread of typhoid fever. It is assumed that the cumulative density of habitat characteristics and the density of carrier population are governed by logistic models; the growth rate of the former increases as the density of human population increases. The model is analyzed by stability theory of differential equations and computer simulation. The analysis shows that as the density of the infective carrier population increases due to habitat characteristics, the spread of typhoid fever increases in comparison with the case without such factors.

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
4 - 2
Pages
107 - 114
Publication Date
2013/12/05
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.10.005How to use a DOI?
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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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