Bioeconomic Perspectives to an Optimal Control Dengue Model

TL;DR

This paper develops an optimal control model for dengue transmission incorporating vector control strategies, using real outbreak data to evaluate different intervention scenarios and their impacts.

Contribution

It introduces a new dengue model with three control tools and applies optimal control theory to analyze intervention strategies based on real outbreak data.

Findings

Optimal control strategies reduce dengue cases effectively.

Different control scenarios have varying impacts on disease dynamics.

Model provides insights for public health decision-making.

Abstract

A model with six mutually-exclusive compartments related to dengue is studied. Three vector control tools are considered: insecticides (larvicide and adulticide) and mechanical control. The basic reproduction number associated to the model is presented. The problem is studied using an optimal control approach. The human data is based on the dengue outbreak that occurred in Cape Verde. Control measures are simulated in different scenarios and their consequences analyzed.