Modeling the Effects of Multiple Intervention Strategies on Controlling Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Joint Authors
Tapedzesa, Gift
Mushayabasa, Steady
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a threat to economic security and infrastructure as well as animal health, in both developed and developing countries.
We propose and analyze an optimal control problem where the control system is a mathematical model for FMD that incorporates vaccination and culling of infectious animals.
The control functions represent the fraction of animals that are vaccinated during an outbreak, infectious symptomatic animals that are detected and culled, and infectious nonsymptomatic animals that are detected and culled.
Our aim was to study how these control measures should be implemented for a certain time period, in order to reduce or eliminate FMD in the community, while minimizing the interventions implementation costs.
A cost-effectiveness analysis is carried out, to compare the application of each one of the control measures, separately or in combination.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mushayabasa, Steady& Tapedzesa, Gift. 2015. Modeling the Effects of Multiple Intervention Strategies on Controlling Foot-and-Mouth Disease. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056010
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mushayabasa, Steady& Tapedzesa, Gift. Modeling the Effects of Multiple Intervention Strategies on Controlling Foot-and-Mouth Disease. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056010
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mushayabasa, Steady& Tapedzesa, Gift. Modeling the Effects of Multiple Intervention Strategies on Controlling Foot-and-Mouth Disease. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056010
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056010