MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF SENSITIVE PARAMETERS ON THE DYNAMICAL TRANSMISSION OF EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

Adewale; Adeniran; Olopade; Mohammed

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i10.2016.2484

Authors

S .O Adewale Departmental of P/AMathematics, LadokeAkintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Ogbomoso. NIGERIA
G.A Adeniran Departmental of P/AMathematics, LadokeAkintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Ogbomoso. NIGERIA
I .A Olopade Departmental of Mathematics and Computer Science,Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin. NIGERIA
I.T Mohammed Department of Mathematics and Stastitics Osun State Polytechnic Iree, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i10.2016.2484

Keywords:

Ebola, Reproduction Number, Stability, Critical Point, Sensitivity, Simulation

Abstract [English]

A four (4) compartmental model of (S, E, I , I ) were presented to have better understanding of parameters that influence the dynamical spread of Ebola in a population. The model is analyzed for all the parameters responsible for the dynamical spread of the disease in order to find the most sensitive parameters that need to be given attention.

The stability of the model was analyzed for the existence of disease free and endemic equilibrium points. Basic Reproduction Number ( ) was obtained using next generation matrix method (NGM), and it is shown that the disease free equilibrium point is locally asymptotically stable whenever the basic reproduction number is less than unity i.e ( ) and unstable whenever the basic reproduction number is greater than unity ( ).The relative sensitivity indices of the model with respect to each parameter in the basic reproduction number is calculated in order to find the most sensitive parameter which the medical practitioners and policy health makers should work on in order to reduce the spread of Ebola in the population. The result shows that effective contact rate and fraction of individuals with low immunity are the most sensitive parameters in the reproduction number. Therefore, effort should be put in place so that the basic reproduction number should not be greater unity so as to prevent the endemic situation.

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