Age structured model for symptomatic and asymptomatic infections of dengue disease

Abstract

Age structure and the emergence of symptom for dengue infection are considered in this study. The transmission model is formulated to see the transmission of this disease. The human population is separated into juvenile and adult classes but only juvenile class being susceptible to infection by the disease. Infectious juvenile human is divided into symptomatic and asymptomatic classes. The transmission probabilities of dengue virus from vector to human are difference to become symptomatic and asymptomatic classes. The standard dynamical analysis method is used for analyzing this model. The basic reproduction number is obtained. Numerical simulations are used to show these results. The alternative way for controlling this disease is discussed in the term of threshold condition.