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Modeling the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission

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dc.contributor.author Buonomo, Bruno
dc.contributor.author d'Onofrio, Alberto
dc.contributor.author Kassa, Semu Mitiku
dc.contributor.author Workineh, Yetwale Hailu
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-16T09:32:20Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-16T09:32:20Z
dc.date.issued 2021-08-21
dc.identifier.citation Buonomo, B.et.al. (2021) Modeling the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis. transmission. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.7808 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1099-1476
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.biust.ac.bw/handle/123456789/408
dc.description.abstract We propose a mathematical model to investigate the effects of information–dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission. The information is represented by means of information index as early proposed by d'Onofrio et al. (Theor. Popul. Biol., 2007). We perform a qualitative analysis based on stability theory, focusing to the global stability of the disease-free equilibrium (DFE) and the related transcritical bifurcation taking place at the threshold for the DFE. Finally, we assess the role of epidemiological and information parameters in the model dynamics through numerical simulations. Our simulations suggests that the impact of the parameters that are related to human behavior critically depend on the average information delay. For example, it can induce recurrent epidemics, provided that transfer rate from the carrier to the infectious state is over a threshold. Otherwise, the endemic equilibrium is (at least) locally stable. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Botswana International University of Science and Technology initiation grant, Grant/Award Number: DVC/RDI/2/1/161(34) en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.subject Epidemic model en_US
dc.subject Information en_US
dc.subject Meningitis en_US
dc.subject Vaccination en_US
dc.title Modeling the effects of information-dependent vaccination behavior on meningitis transmission en_US
dc.description.level phd en_US
dc.description.accessibility unrestricted en_US
dc.description.department mss en_US


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