Research Article

Impact of Awareness to Control Malaria Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Approach

Table 1

Definition and values of parameters used in the model.

ParametersDefinitionValuesReferences

Recruitment rate of human10[3]
Rate of loss of immunity to recovered human1/730[25]
Natural death rate of human1/60  365[3]
Contact rate between mosquito and human3[3]
Disease transmission rate from mosquito to human0.001[3]
Rate of progression from exposed to unaware infected1/17[3]
Treatment rate in the region0.07[3]
Recovery rate of unaware infected human0.04[3]
Successful effort of treatment (0 or 1)1
Rate of awareness to unaware infected human0.0005Assumed
Disease death rate of infected human0.01[3]
Rate of loss of awareness to uninfected human0.02Assumed
Recovery rate of aware infected human0.012Assumed
Recruitment rate of mosquito50[3]
Disease transmission rate from unaware human to mosquito0.0001[3]
Contact rate between mosquito and aware human0.12Assumed
Disease transmission rate from aware human to mosquito0.0001Assumed
Natural death rate of mosquito1/15[3]
Death rate of mosquito due to human awareness1/50Assumed
Rate of progression from exposed mosquito to infected mosquito1/18[3]
Constant rate influenced by unaware infected human0.02Assumed
Depletion rate of awareness0.01Assumed