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| Approximate Analytical Solution of a Coinfection Model of Malaria and Zika Virus Disease |
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| KeyWord:Malaria, zika virus, coinfection, homotopy perturbation |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Emmanuel C. Duru | Department of Mathematics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 7267 Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria | | Chinenye Omeh | Department of Mathematics, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 3147 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria | | Godwin C. E. Mbah | Department of Mathematics, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 3147 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: |
| In this work, a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations is used to present a new model for coinfection of malaria and zika virus disease. The model is set up to show the effect of misdiagnosis and wrong treatment of one disease as the other, in a system where both diseases co-circulate. Approximate analytic solution to the system is obtained using Homotopy Perturbation Method, which agrees largely with the solution obtained using RK-4 method. The effect of misdiagnosis and wrong treatment are shown. In conclusion, wrong treatment is seen to increase the endemicity of the individual diseases and their coinfection, hence efforts should be made to ensure that misdiagnosis and wrong treatment is reduced drastically or eliminated. |
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