Mathematical modeling approach to the transmission dynamics of pine wilt disease with saturated incidence rate

Abstract

The present paper investigates the dynamics of pine wilt disease with saturated incidence rate. The proposed model is stable both locally and globally. The local stability of the disease-free equilibrium is determined by the basic reproduction [Formula: see text]. The disease-free equilibrium is stable locally and globally whenever [Formula: see text]. If [Formula: see text], then the endemic state is stable both locally and globally. Further, a brief discussion with conclusion on the numerical results of the proposed model is presented.