Transmission Model of Tuberculosis Disease with Age Structure of Human in Thailand

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis caused Tuberculosis. This bacteria attack the lungs and the other parts of the body. Tuberculosis distributed from human to human through the air. The symptoms of Tuberculosis in the lungs may include a bad cough that lasts >= 3 weeks, weight loss, fever and night sweats .The tuberculosis(TB) is appeared in about one-quarter of the world's population. TB cases appeared in different age group. In this research, we formulate the model can explain the spread of TB with age group. We separated human into 3 age groups and each human group is classified unto 5 groups such as susceptible, exposed, infectious, quarantined and recovered. The analyzation and simulation of our model are shown.