TITLE:
Stability Analysis of an SIR Epidemic Model with Non-Linear Incidence Rate and Treatment
AUTHORS:
Olukayode Adebimpe, Kehinde Adekunle Bashiru, Taiwo Adetola Ojurongbe
KEYWORDS:
SIR Epidemic Model, Basic Reproduction Number, Local Stability, Treatment, Saturated Incidence Rate
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modelling and Simulation,
Vol.3 No.3,
July
2,
2015
ABSTRACT: We consider a SIR epidemic model with saturated incidence rate and treatment. We show that if the basic reproduction number, R0 is less than unity and the disease free equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. Moreover, we show that if R0 > 1, the endemic equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. In the end, we give some numerical results to compare our model with existing model and to show the effect of the treatment term on the model.