On the Possible Role of Onchocerciasis Treatment Exclusion Group and Refusals as Reservioir Host Towards the Development of Drug Resistance

Authors

  • Ikechukwu Chiwueze Oguoma* UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, BLOEMFONTEIN
  • Thomas Mbah Acho Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State
  • Chinyere Nneka Ukaga Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Imo State University, P.M.B. 2000, Owerri, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11145/547

Abstract

In this study, we introduce and analyze two-structured model for the possible role of Onchocerciasis treatment exclusion group and the refusals as reservioir host towards the development of drug resistance. The model assumes that the rate of infection by the female blackflies and the rate of recovery of infected individuals depends on the Community Directed Treatment with Ivemectin (CDTI). Our result shows that the elimination of onchocerciasis from hyper-endemic communities depends solely on the treatment of both the exclusion and refusal group as well.

Author Biography

Ikechukwu Chiwueze Oguoma*, UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, BLOEMFONTEIN

I AM A PhD student, Department of Mathematics and applied Mathematics, University of the Free State, South Africa.

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Published

2015-06-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Conference Contributions (Pretoria)

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