Mathematical Modeling of Transmission Dynamics with Periodic Contact Rate and Control by Different Vaccination Rates of Hepatitis B Infection in Ghana
Ali Abubakar, Reindorf Nartey Borkor, Anas Musah, Frank Kofi Owusu
Asian Research Journal of Mathematics · pp. 54–75 · Published 14 Oct 2021
10.9734/arjom/2021/v17i830323Abstract
The paper evidenced that Hepatitis B infection is the world's deadliest liver infection and Vaccination is among the principal clinical strategies in fighting it. These have encouraged a lot of researchers to formulate mathematical models to accurately predict the mode of transmission and make deductions for better health decision-making processes. In this paper, an SEIR model is used to model the transmission of the Hepatitis B infection with periodic contact rate and examine the impact of vaccination. The model was validated using estimated data in Ghana and simulated in a MATLAB environment. The results showed that the vaccination rate has a great impact on the transmission mode of the Hepatitis B infection and the periodic contact rate may lead to a chaotic solution which could result in an uncontrolled spreading of the infection. It is concluded that even if the vaccination rate is 70%, the infection rate would reduce to the minimum barest so more newborns must be vaccinated.
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