Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 601265, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/601265
Research Article

A Malaria Model with Two Delays

Hui Wan1 and Jing-an Cui2

1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
2School of Sciences, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China

Received 5 November 2012; Accepted 25 January 2013

Academic Editor: Xiang Ping Yan

Copyright © 2013 Hui Wan and Jing-an Cui. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A transmission model of malaria with two delays is formulated. We calculate the basic reproduction number for the model. It is shown that the basic reproduction number is a decreasing function of two time delays. The existence of the equilibria is studied. Our results suggest that the model undergoes a backward bifurcation, which implies that bringing the basic reproduction number below 1 is not enough to eradicate malaria.