Modelling macroparasitic diseases dynamics
Abstract
In this work we present a general framework for the modeling of the transmission dynamics of macroparasites which do not reproduce within the host like Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus y Ancylostoma duodenale. The basic models are derived from general probabilistic models for the parasite density-dependent mating probability. Here we considered the particular, and common case, of a negative binomial distribution for the number of parasites in hosts. We find the basic reproductive number and we show that the system exhibit a saddle-node bifurcation at some value of the basic reproduction number. We also found the equilibria and basic reproduction number of a model for the more general case of heteregeneous host populations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2205.09034,
title = {Modelling macroparasitic diseases dynamics},
author = {Gonzalo Maximiliano Lopez and Juan Pablo Aparicio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09034},
year = {2022}
}