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Modeling Wolbachia Diffusion in Mosquito Populations by Discrete Competition Model
Joint Authors
Li, Yijie
Xing, Yanyuan
Guo, Zhiming
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-02-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Dengue fever is caused by dengue virus and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.
A promising avenue to control this disease is to infect the wild Aedes population with the bacterium Wolbachia driven by cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI).
To study the invasion of Wolbachia into wild mosquito population, we formulate a discrete competition model and analyze the competition between released mosquitoes and wild mosquitoes.
We show the global asymptotic properties of the trivial equilibrium, boundary equilibrium, and positive equilibrium and give the conditions for the successful invasion of Wolbachia.
Finally, we verify our findings by numerical simulations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Yijie& Guo, Zhiming& Xing, Yanyuan. 2020. Modeling Wolbachia Diffusion in Mosquito Populations by Discrete Competition Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153589
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Yijie…[et al.]. Modeling Wolbachia Diffusion in Mosquito Populations by Discrete Competition Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153589
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Yijie& Guo, Zhiming& Xing, Yanyuan. Modeling Wolbachia Diffusion in Mosquito Populations by Discrete Competition Model. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1153589
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1153589