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Publication Date
2-13-2019
Keywords
Malaria, differential equations, chemoprophylaxis, SIR models, Laplace transforms
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Science and Mathematics Education
Abstract
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 216 million cases of Malaria reported in 91 countries around the world. The Central American country of Honduras has a high risk of malaria exposure, especially to United States soldiers deployed in the region. This article will discuss various aspects of the disease, its spread and its treatment and the development of models of some of these aspects with differential equations. Exercises are developed which involve, respectively, exponential growth, logistics growth, systems of first-order equations and Laplace transforms. Notes for instructors are included.
Recommended Citation
Huber, Michael
(2019)
"Modeling the Spread and Prevention of Malaria in Central America,"
CODEE Journal:
Vol. 12, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/codee/vol12/iss1/4
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