Effects of Mosquitoes Host Choice on Optimal Intervention Strategies for Malaria Control

Bruno Buonomo; Cruz Vargas-De-León

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Effects of Mosquitoes Host Choice on Optimal Intervention Strategies for Malaria Control

Bruno Buonomo, Cruz Vargas-De-León

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Abstract

We consider a mathematical model for malaria transmission which takes into account of the increase of host’s attractiveness to mosquitoes when the host harbours the parasite’s gametocytes. We investigate how this behavioral manipulation by malaria parasite may impact the optimal interventions targeted to infectious humans like treatment and screening activities. In particular, our analysis suggests that it may produce an increase of total costs associated to the disease and its control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-138
Number of pages	12
Journal	Acta Applicandae Mathematicae
Volume	132
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-014-9894-z
State	Published - Aug 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Malaria
Mathematical model
Optimal control

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