A Mathematical Model of Human-to-Human Transmission of Monkeypox with Reinfection

Eka Widia Rahayu, Noorma Yulia Megawati

Abstract


Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus and remains a public health concern due to its potential for sustained human-to-human transmission. This study analyzes the transmission dynamics of monkeypox by developing a deterministic compartmental model that explicitly incorporates reinfection arising from waning immunity. The model is analyzed by deriving the basic reproduction number and determining the disease-free and endemic equilibrium points, whose local and global stability properties are rigorously investigated. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to identify key parameters driving transmission dynamics. Motivated by these results, an optimal control problem is formulated in which vaccination is implemented as a time-dependent control, and the optimal strategy is characterized using Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle. Numerical simulations reveal that even low reinfection rates can sustain endemic transmission in the absence of control, while appropriately timed vaccination strategies significantly reduce infection levels and prevent long-term persistence.

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Pemodelan Matematika

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18860/cauchy.v11i1.40140

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