A simple model for the transmission of malaria

by Dr Adriana Dickman (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Thursday 19 Nov 2009, 14:30 → 16:00 Asia/Kolkata

A-304 (Colaba Campus)

We study a simple lattice model describing the transmission of malaria. The transmission of the disease to humans occurs through contact with an infected mosquito, while a healthy mosquito can become infected through contact with an infected human. Recovered individuals are susceptible to re-infection. The mosquitoes diffuse through the lattice, spreading the disease. We show preliminary results for the model obtained via site approximation (mean-field theory).