Mathematical Analysis of a Cholera Model with Vaccination

作者:Cui, Jing'an*; Wu, Zhanmin; Zhou, Xueyong
来源:Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2014, 2014: 324767.
DOI:10.1155/2014/324767

摘要

We consider a SVR-B cholera model with imperfect vaccination. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of a disease-free equilibrium and an endemic equilibrium is established. We calculate the certain threshold known as the control reproduction number R-V. If R-V < 1, we obtain sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium; the diseases will be eliminated from the community. By comparison of arguments, it is proved that if R-V > 1, the disease persists and the unique endemic equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable, which is obtained by the second compound matrix techniques and autonomous convergence theorems. We perform sensitivity analysis of R-V on the parameters in order to determine their relative importance to disease transmission and show that an imperfect vaccine is always beneficial in reducing disease spread within the community.