Exploring the Effects of Wolbachia-infected Mosquitoes on the Spread of the Zika Virus

dc.contributor.advisor	Bañuelos, Dr. Selenne
dc.contributor.author	Ferguson, Vincent
dc.date.accessioned	2018-06-04T20:25:19Z
dc.date.available	2018-06-04T20:25:19Z
dc.date.issued	2018-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/203376
dc.description.abstract	Exploring the Effects of Wolbachia-infected Mosquitoes on the Spread of the Zika Virus by Vincent Ferguson Recent efforts to stop the spread of Zika, a vector-borne disease, through pesticides and insecticides have not been successful. Research has shown that Zika can be spread via the Aedes aegypti mosquito and human sexual contact. We examine how the use of Wolbachia as a form of control can reduce the transmission rate between infectious mosquitoes and susceptible humans. Through analysis of our mathematical model, we find the reproductive number of Zika before and after including Wolbachia into our calculations. With this model, we are able to run simulations to show how fast Zika can spread in a population. Using local sensitivity analysis, we study how changes in different parameter values affect the reproductive number.	en_US
dc.format.extent	37	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	California State University Channel Islands	en_US
dc.subject	Mathematics thesis	en_US
dc.subject	Zika	en_US
dc.subject	Mathematical epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Wolbachia	en_US
dc.subject	Mathematical modeling	en_US
dc.title	Exploring the Effects of Wolbachia-infected Mosquitoes on the Spread of the Zika Virus	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Flores, Dr. Cynthia
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Kryshchenko, Dr. Alona
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Shapiro, Dr. Joseph