SEASONAL FLUCTUATION IN TSETSE FLY POPULATIONS AND HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL

摘要

Human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. An estimated 55 million people are at risk, and the World Health Organization classifies it as one of the world's neglected tropical diseases. We develop a model of the dynamics of one species of vector, Glossina tachinoides, which incorporates the impact of seasonal temperature fluctuation on the life cycle of the disease vector.