Global Dynamic Behavior of a Multigroup Cholera Model with Indirect Transmission
For a multigroup cholera model with indirect transmission, the infection for a susceptible person is almost invariably transmitted by drinking contaminated water in which pathogens,V. cholerae, are present. The basic reproduction numberℛ0is identified and global dynamics are completely determined byℛ0. It shows thatℛ0is a globally threshold parameter in the sense that if it is less than one, the disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable; whereas if it is larger than one, there is a unique endemic equilibrium which is global asymptotically stable. For the proof of global stability with the disease-free equilibrium, we use the comparison principle; and for the endemic equilibrium we use the classical method of Lyapunov function and the graph-theoretic approach.