Inclusion of Birth and Death Rate in the Modelling of Lassa Fever in Nigeria

O.V Oni¹ , Y.O. Akanle² , Ibrahim-Tiamiyu S.³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.4 , pp.22-32, Aug-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrmss/v5i4.2232

Online published on Aug 31, 2018

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Abstract :
The spread dynamics of Lassa fever with inclusion of birth and death rate using the modified Susceptible, Exposed, Infected and Removed model, which is a system of ordinary differential equation. We study the model with demographic effects in Nigeria in order to analyze the stabilities with birth and death rate inclusion; the spread and control of the disease with the use of immunization. Our study reveals that immunization is a very efficient factor in reducing the number of infected individuals in a short time period, early diagnostic of infected humans is the best approach against the spread of the disease.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Lassa fever, Model, Vaccination, Birth rate, Death rate

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