Research Article

Approximate Solution of the Fractional Order Sterile Insect Technology Model via the Laplace–Adomian Decomposition Method for the Spread of Zika Virus Disease

Table 2

Parameters of the model (2) and their meanings.

ParametersMeanings

Oviposition level of fertilized female mosquitoes
Proportion of emerging female mosquitoes
Male mosquitoes emerging population
Mating rate, where
Maturity rate of mosquitoes
Natural death rate of wild male mosquitoes
Natural death rate of sterile mosquitoes
Density dependent death rate of the aquatic mosquitoes class
Natural death rate of human
Natural death rate for aquatic mosquitoes
Natural death rate for female mosquitoes
Death induced rate due to attept by female mosquitoes seeking for blood
Female mosquitoes probability to mate with wild male
Female mosquitoes probability to mate with sterile male
Disease induced death rate for infected class
Disease induced death rate for infected but on treatment class
Natural recovery rate for human
Rate at which the infected human are taken for treatment
Recovery rate of the infected but on treatment due to supportive treatment
Fraction of infected at birth that joined the susceptible class
Rate at which the exposed becomes infectious
Recruitment level into the susceptible human class
Fraction of the released sterile mosquitoes that joined the wild male
Mean mating competitiveness of the sterile male mosquitoes
Force of infection for human population
& Rate at which the and the infects susceptible humans, respectively.
Rate at which the infected human infects susceptible human through sex
Rate at which the recovered human infects susceptible human through sex
Rate at which the infected human infects susceptible human through sex
Force of infection for mosquito population
& Rate at which the moves to and rate at which the moves to , respectively.
Rate at which humans infects susceptible mosquitoes (
Rate at which humans infects susceptible mosquitoes ( and ).