title: Modelling and control of cholera on networks with a common water source.
abstract: A mathematical model is formulated for the transmission and spread of cholera in a heterogeneous host population that consists of several patches of homogeneous host populations sharing a common water source. The basic reproduction number ℛ0 is derived and shown to determine whether or not cholera dies out. Explicit formulas are derived for target/type reproduction numbers that measure the control strategies required to eradicate cholera from all patches.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Mathematics , University of Central Florida , Orlando , FL 32816 , USA ;
authors.forename: Zhisheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shuai
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van den Driessche
mesh_terms: D050936:Basic Reproduction Number; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D014881:Water Supply
keywords: 34D23; 92D30; cholera; common water source; disease control strategy; global stability; target reproduction number