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In this research, a comprehensive stochastic model was developed to analyze the transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in both hospital-acquired and community-acquired contexts. The study explored the existence and uniqueness of solutions and established the presence of a global solution. The investigation focused on assessing the boundedness, extinction, and persistence of MRSA strains in terms of their means. The analysis of the model revealed a noteworthy phenomenon known as competitive exclusion, where the community-acquired MRSA strain gradually out-competes the hospital-acquired strain within hospital settings. In conclusion, effective interventions and preventive measures, such as improving hand hygiene compliance, implementing decolonization strategies, and enhancing disinfection rates, emerge as critical factors in controlling the transmission of these strains within hospital environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, we present a nonlinear deterministic mathematical model for co- infection of pneumonia and COVID-19 transmission dynamics. To understand the dynamics of the co-infection of COVID-19 and pneumonia sickness, we developed and examined a compartmental based ordinary differential equation type mathematical model. Firstly, we showed the limited region and non-negativity of the solution, which demonstrate that the model is biologically relevant and mathematically well-posed. Secondly, the Jacobian matrix and the Lyapunov function are used to illustrate the local and global stability of the equilibrium locations. If the related reproduction numbers ΊΖ, ΊΖ, and IZq are smaller than unity, then pneumonia, COVID-19, and their co-infection have disease-free equilibrium points that are both locally and globally asymptotically stable otherwise the endemic equilibrium points are stable. Sensitivity analysis is used to determine how each parameter affects the spread or control of the illnesses. Moreover, we applied the optimal control theory to describe the optimal control model that incorporates four controls, namely, prevention of pneumonia, prevention of COVID-19, treatment of infected pneumonia and treatment of infected COVID-19. Then the Pontryagin's maximum principle is introduced to obtain the necessary condition for the optimal control problem. Finally, the numerical simulation of optimality system reveals that the combination of treatment and prevention is the most optimal to minimize the diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We proposed a deterministic compartmental model for the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 disease. We performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the deterministic model concerning the local and global stability of the disease-free and endemic equilibrium points. We found that the disease-free equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable when the basic reproduction number is less than unity, while the endemic equilibrium point becomes locally asymptotically stable if the basic reproduction number is above unity. Furthermore, we derived the global stability of both the disease-free and endemic equilibriums of the system by constructing some Lyapunov functions. If R 0 ≤ 1 , it is found that the disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable, while the endemic equilibrium point is globally asymptotically stable when R 0 > 1. The numerical results of the general dynamics are in agreement with the theoretical solutions. We established the optimal control strategy by using Pontryagin's maximum principle. We performed numerical simulations of the optimal control system to investigate the impact of implementing different combinations of optimal controls in controlling and eradicating COVID-19 disease. From this, a significant difference in the number of cases with and without controls was observed. We observed that the implementation of the combination of the control treatment rate, u 2 , and the control treatment rate, u 3 , has shown effective and efficient results in eradicating COVID-19 disease in the community relative to the other strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the dysentery dynamics model with controls is theoretically investigated using the stability theory of differential equations. The system is considered as SIRSB deterministic compartmental model with treatment and sanitation. A threshold number R 0 is obtained such that R 0 ≤ 1 indicates the possibility of dysentery eradication in the community while R 0 > 1 represents uniform persistence of the disease. The Lyapunov–LaSalle method is used to prove the global stability of the disease-free equilibrium. Moreover, the geometric approach method is used to obtain the sufficient condition for the global stability of the unique endemic equilibrium for R 0 > 1. Numerical simulation is performed to justify the analytical results. Graphical results are presented and discussed quantitatively. It is found out that the aggravation of the disease can be decreased by using the constant controls treatment and sanitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]