Abstract
We develop a delay ordinary differential equation model that captures the effects of prophylactic vaccination, reactive vaccination, prophylactic treatment and reactive culling on the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) with time delays. Simulation results from the study suggest that increasing time delay while increasing the control strategies decreases the burden of FMD. Further, the results reveal, that decreasing time delay while decreasing the control strategies increases the burden of FMD. The intermediate scenarios of either (i) increasing time delay while decreasing control or (ii) decreasing time delay while increasing control have intermediate effects on burden reduction. Thus, the implementation of effective control strategies combination can play an important role in mitigating against the FMD burden.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1930001 |
Journal | International Journal of Biomathematics |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Foot and mouth
- culling
- prophylactic vaccination
- time delay
- treatment
- vaccination
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Applied Mathematics