Modelling the Effects of Snail Control and Health Education in Clonorchiasis Infection in Foshan, China

Shujing Gao; Ruixia Yuan; Yujiang Liu; Xinzhu Meng

doi:10.1155/2019/5878424

Complexity (Jan 2019)

Modelling the Effects of Snail Control and Health Education in Clonorchiasis Infection in Foshan, China

Shujing Gao,
Ruixia Yuan,
Yujiang Liu,
Xinzhu Meng

Affiliations

Shujing Gao: Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Numerical Simulation and Emulation Techniques, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
Ruixia Yuan: College of Business Economics, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai 200336, China
Yujiang Liu: Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Numerical Simulation and Emulation Techniques, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, China
Xinzhu Meng: College of Mathematics and Systems Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5878424
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Clonorchiasis is the most important food-borne parasitic disease in China. In this paper, a mathematical model of clonorchiasis sinensis is proposed to mimic its transmission dynamics to assess the effects of intervention strategies such as snail control, health education, and chemotherapy. A threshold dynamics in terms of the basic reproductive number R0 has been established; that is, if R01, then the disease breaks out. The effects of different control measures are compared by numerical simulations. The numerical results suggest that it is necessary to strengthen health education and improve faeces management and illustrate that snail control is the most effective way to be implemented in the clonorchiasis sinensis control in Foshan.

Published in Complexity

ISSN: 1076-2787 (Print); 1099-0526 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi-Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science
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