Dynamics of Mycobacterium and bovine tuberculosis in a human-buffalo population

dc.contributor.authorHassan, Adamu Shitu
dc.contributor.authorGarba, Salisu M.
dc.contributor.authorGumel, Abba B.
dc.contributor.authorLubuma, Jean M.-S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-30T06:24:26Z
dc.date.available2015-01-30T06:24:26Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractA new model for the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and bovine tuberculosis in a community, consisting of humans and African buffalos, is presented. The buffalo-only component of the model exhibits the phenomenon of backward bifurcation, which arises due to the reinfection of exposed and recovered buffalos, when the associated reproduction number is less than unity. This model has a unique endemic equilibrium, which is globally asymptotically stable for a special case, when the reproduction number exceeds unity. Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses, using data relevant to the dynamics of the two diseases in the Kruger National Park, show that the distribution of the associated reproduction number is less than unity (hence, the diseases would not persist in the community). Crucial parameters that influence the dynamics of the two diseases are also identified. Both the buffalo-only and the buffalo-human model exhibit the same qualitative dynamics with respect to the local and global asymptotic stability of their respective disease-free equilibrium, as well as with respect to the backward bifurcation phenomenon. Numerical simulations of the buffalo-human model show that the cumulative number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cases in humans (buffalos) decreases with increasing number of bovine tuberculosis infections in humans (buffalo).en_ZA
dc.description.librariantm2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth African DST/NRF SARChI and UP doctoral bursary programmeen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHassan, AS, Garba, SM, Gumel, AB & Lubuma, JMS 2014, 'Dynamics of Mycobacterium and bovine tuberculosis in a human-buffalo population', Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol. 2014, art. #912306, pp. 1-20.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1748-670X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1748-6718 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1155/2014/912306
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43495
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen_ZA
dc.rights© 2014 A.S. Hassan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_ZA
dc.subjectMycobacteriumen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican buffalo (Syncerus caffer)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman-buffalo populationen_ZA
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)en_ZA
dc.subjectBovine tuberculosis (bTB)en_ZA
dc.titleDynamics of Mycobacterium and bovine tuberculosis in a human-buffalo populationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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