The influence of gender and temephos exposure on community participation in dengue prevention: a compartmental mathematical model.

Background: The use of temephos, the most common intervention for the chemical control of Aedes aegypti over the last half century, has disappointing results in control of the infection. The footprint of Aedes and the diseases it carries have spread relentlessly despite massive volumes of temephos. Recent advances in community participation show this might be more effective and sustainable for the control of the dengue vector.

Dynamics of a dengue disease transmission model with two-stage structure in the human population.

Age as a risk factor is common in vector-borne infectious diseases. This is partly because children depend on adults to take preventative measures, and adults are less susceptible to mosquito bites because they generally spend less time outdoors than children. We propose a dengue disease model that considers the human population as divided into two subpopulations: children and adults.