On the reproduction number and the optimal control of infectious diseases in a heterogenous population
Abstract The effect of infectious diseases cannot be overemphasised. The continuing surfacing of the infectious diseases gives the stakeholders a great concern. In this paper, the nature of the spread of Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa in 2014 is studied. We develop a model that analyses the spr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Advances in Difference Equations |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13662-020-03050-9 |