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The periodicity of endemic malaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Radcliffe
J. Radcliffe*
Affiliation:
Queen Mary College, London
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Abstract

In many endemic areas the level of infection of malaria exhibits a regular cycle. A stochastic model is formulated to describe endemic malaria and is used to justify a set of deterministic equations. The model incorporates the properties peculiar to malaria, i.e., in endemic areas malaria is not usually fatal and an individual can be and usually is reinfected. The theory of small oscillations is applied to the deterministic equations, and under the assumption of stable populations of hosts and vectors an expression is obtained for the period of oscillation of the infection.

Keywords

ENDEMIC MALARIAHOST-VECTOR RECURRENT EPIDEMICPERIOD OF OSCILLATION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1974 , pp. 562 - 567
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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