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Effects of Coinfection on the Dynamics of Two Pathogens in a Tick-Host Infection Model

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  • Bei Sun
  • Xue Zhang
  • Marco Tosato

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As both ticks and hosts may carry one or more pathogens, the phenomenon of coinfection of multiple tick-borne diseases becomes highly relevant and plays a key role in tick-borne disease transmission. In this paper, we propose a coinfection model involving two tick-borne diseases in a tick-host population and calculate the basic reproduction numbers at the disease-free equilibrium and two boundary equilibria. To explore the impact of coinfection, we also derive the invasion reproduction numbers which indicate the potential of a pathogen to persist when another pathogen already exists in tick and host populations. Then, we obtain the global stability of the system at the disease-free equilibrium and the boundary equilibrium, respectively, and further demonstrate the existence conditions for uniform persistence of the two diseases. The final numerical simulations mainly verify the theoretical results of coinfection.

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  • Bei Sun & Xue Zhang & Marco Tosato, 2020. "Effects of Coinfection on the Dynamics of Two Pathogens in a Tick-Host Infection Model," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2020, pages 1-14, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:complx:5615173
    DOI: 10.1155/2020/5615173
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