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Effects of Mosquitoes Host Choice on Optimal Intervention Strategies for Malaria Control

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We consider a mathematical model for malaria transmission which takes into account of the increase of host’s attractiveness to mosquitoes when the host harbours the parasite’s gametocytes. We investigate how this behavioral manipulation by malaria parasite may impact the optimal interventions targeted to infectious humans like treatment and screening activities. In particular, our analysis suggests that it may produce an increase of total costs associated to the disease and its control.

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We would like to thank two anonymous referees for their careful reading and valuable comments, which have led to the improvement of our original manuscript.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Naples Federico II, via Cintia, 80126, Naples, Italy

    Bruno Buonomo

  2. Unidad Académica de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas C.U., Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México

    Cruz Vargas-De-León

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Buonomo, B., Vargas-De-León, C. Effects of Mosquitoes Host Choice on Optimal Intervention Strategies for Malaria Control. Acta Appl Math 132, 127–138 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-014-9894-z

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