Modeling spatial spread of west nile virus and impact of directional dispersal of birds
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
- Vol. 3 (1) , 145-160
- https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2006.3.145
Abstract
A patchy model for the spatial spread of West Nile virus is formulated and analyzed. The basic reproduction number is calculated and compared for different long-range dispersal patterns of birds, and simulations are carried out to demonstrate discontinuous or jump spatial spread of the virus when the birds' long-range dispersal dominates the nearest neighborhood interaction and diffusion of mosquitoes and birds.Keywords
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