MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF LASSA FEVER TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS IN PREVALENT COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA: THE CASE STUDY OF ONDO STATE
Abstract
With the current waive of global health problems and resurgence of many disease around the world. Cholera, Yellow fever,SARS-CoV-2, Monkey pox and Lassa fever resurgence in some West African countries, with Ondo State recording highest number of Lassa fever case in Nigeria. Prompting Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC), Ondo State Primary Health (OSPH) expert and researchers begin ways to reduce transmission dynamics of Lassa Fever Disease (LFD). In this research, we developed and investigated using System of Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) mathematical model of Lassa fever disease transmission dynamics, verifying positivity of system of equation as well as feasible region of the model. However, the Disease Free Equilibrium (DFE) of the model is computed and analysed with basic reproduction number $R_0$ of the model, showing the global stability of the DFE. Furthermore, we determined using model-fitting parameters the condition to attain stability. Finally, numerical simulations shows reduction in transmission with effective pest control measure.
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