Optimal Control for Tuberculosis with Exogenous Reinfection and Stigmatization
Optimization and Control
2021-01-05 v1 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
The effect of stigmatization is hindering the control of diseases. Especially in the case of exogenous reinfection, this effect can play a massive role. We develop in this paper, based on a tuberculosis model of Feng et.al. a model with exogenous reinfection and stigmatization. As in the base model, in presence of exogenous reinfection there exists multiple endemic equilibria. We solve an optimal control problem for a case scenario and show that both types of measures, those fighting stigmatization but also direct disease control have to be invoked.
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@article{arxiv.2101.00278,
title = {Optimal Control for Tuberculosis with Exogenous Reinfection and Stigmatization},
author = {Remilou Liguarda and Wolfgang Bock and Randy Caga-anan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00278},
year = {2021}
}