Infection thresholds for two interacting pathogens in a wild animal population.

Basic reproduction number Ecology Epidemiology Interacting pathogen variants Invasion thresholds Next-generation matrix

Journal

Mathematical biosciences
ISSN: 1879-3134
Titre abrégé: Math Biosci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0103146

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 05 07 2023
revised: 05 07 2024
accepted: 08 07 2024
medline: 15 7 2024
pubmed: 15 7 2024
entrez: 14 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

We present a model for the dynamics of two interacting pathogen variants in a wild animal host population. Using the next-generation matrix approach we define the invasion threshold for one pathogen variant when the other is already established and at steady state. We then provide explicit criteria for the special cases where: i) the two pathogen variants exclude each other; ii) one variant excludes the other; iii) the population dynamics of hosts infected with both variants are independent of the order of infection; iv) there is no interaction between the variants; and v) one variant enhances transmission of the other.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39004215
pii: S0025-5564(24)00118-4
doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109258
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

109258

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The author declares no conflict of interest.

Auteurs

M G Roberts (MG)

New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study and the Infectious Disease Research Centre, Massey University, Private Bag 102 904, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: m.g.roberts@massey.ac.nz.

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