@article{MAKHILLJMMS20115228170,
title = {Impact of Vaccines on Controlling Typhoid Fever in Kassena-Nankana District of Upper East Region of Ghana: Insights from a Mathematical Model},
journal = {Journal of Modern Mathematics and Statistics},
volume = {5},
number = {2},
pages = {54-59},
year = {2011},
issn = {1994-5388},
doi = {jmmstat.2011.54.59},
url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1994-5388&doi=jmmstat.2011.54.59},
author = {S.},
keywords = {Salmonella paratyphi,typhoid fever,vaccines,reproductive number,Zimbabwe,stability},
abstract = {Vaccination is an important prevention and control measure for the spread of typhoid fever. In this study, we develop a simple mathematical model to explore the impact of vaccination on the transmission dynamics of typhoid fever in Kassena-Nankana district of Upper East region of Ghana. Analytical results of the model show that the quantities Rv and R0 which represent the vaccine-induced reproduction number and the no vaccine induced reproduction number, respectively provide threshold conditions that determine the prevalence of typhoid fever in a community. These threshold conditions can be used to gain important insights into the impact of vaccination on controlling typhoid fever. Numerical results have been provided to illustrate the analytical findings.}
}