Mathematical Modeling for a CHIKV Transmission Under the Influence of Periodic Environment

Abstract

We studied a simple mathematical model for the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) spread under the influence of a seasonal environment with two routes of infection. We investigated the existence and the uniqueness of a bounded positive solution, and we showed that the system admits a global attractor set. We calculated the basic reproduction number R0 for the both cases, the fixed and seasonal environment which permits us to characterise both, the extinction and the persistence of the disease with regard to the values of R0. We proved that the virus-free equilibrium point is globally asymptotically stable if R0≤1, while the disease will persist if R0>1. Finally, we gave some numerical examples confirming the theoretical findings.