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2015 Mathematical Model of MDR-TB and XDR-TB with Isolation and Lost to Follow-Up
F. B. Agusto, J. Cook, P. D. Shelton, M. G. Wickers
Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2015: 1-21 (2015). DOI: 10.1155/2015/828461

Abstract

We present a deterministic model with isolation and lost to follow-up for the transmission dynamics of three strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), namely, the drug sensitive, multi-drug-resistant (MDR), and extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) TB strains. The model is analyzed to gain insights into the qualitative features of its associated equilibria. Some of the theoretical and epidemiological findings indicate that the model has locally asymptotically stable (LAS) disease-free equilibrium when the associated reproduction number is less than unity. Furthermore, the model undergoes in the presence of disease reinfection the phenomenon of backward bifurcation, where the stable disease-free equilibrium of the model coexists with a stable endemic equilibrium when the associated reproduction number is less than unity. Further analysis of the model indicates that the disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable (GAS) in the absence of disease reinfection. The result of the global sensitivity analysis indicates that the dominant parameters are the disease progression rate, the recovery rate, the infectivity parameter, the isolation rate, the rate of lost to follow-up, and fraction of fast progression rates. Our results also show that increase in isolation rate leads to a decrease in the total number of individuals who are lost to follow-up.

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F. B. Agusto. J. Cook. P. D. Shelton. M. G. Wickers. "Mathematical Model of MDR-TB and XDR-TB with Isolation and Lost to Follow-Up." Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2015 1 - 21, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/828461

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Published: 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 17 August 2015

zbMATH: 06929057
MathSciNet: MR3368826
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1155/2015/828461

Rights: Copyright © 2015 Hindawi

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