Modeling the Spread of Malaria

Nakul Chitnis nakul@cut.this.part.math.arizona.edu

J M Cushing cushing@cut.this.part.math.arizona.edu

James Hyman jh@cut.this.part.lanl.gov

We are developing mathematical models to better understand the transmission and spread of malaria. We model the disease through ordinary differential equations (ODEs) where humans and mosquitoes interact and infect each other. This model is used to determine which factors are most responsible for the spread of malaria.