Optimal (Control of) Intervention Strategies for Malaria Epidemic in Karonga District, Malawi

Table 1

State variables of the malaria model.

Symbol	Description
𝑆ℎ(𝑡)	Number of susceptible individuals at time t
𝐸ℎ(𝑡)	Number of exposed individuals at time t
𝐼ℎ(𝑡)	Number of infectious humans at time 𝑡
𝑅ℎ(𝑡)	Number of recovered humans at time 𝑡
𝑆𝑣(𝑡)	Number of susceptible mosquitoes at time 𝑡
𝐸𝑣(𝑡)	Number of infected mosquitoes at time 𝑡
𝐼𝑣(𝑡)	Number of infectious mosquitoes at time 𝑡
𝑁ℎ(𝑡)	Total number of individuals at time 𝑡
𝑁𝑣(𝑡)	Total mosquito population at time 𝑡