Abstract
In this article, we investigate a mathematical malaria-filariasis co-infection model with the assistance of the non-integer order operator. Using the fractal-fractional operator in the Caputo-Fabrizio (CF) sense, it has been possible to understand the dynamical behaviour and complicatedness of the malaria-filariasis model. An investigation of the existence and uniqueness of the solution employs fixed-point theory. Ulam-Hyers stability helps examine the stability analysis of the proposed co-infection model. The malaria-filariasis model has been investigated using the Toufik-Atanagana (TA), a sophisticated numerical method for these biological co-infection models. With the help of numerical procedures, we provide the approximate solutions for the proposed model. A variety of fractal dimension and fractional order options are utilized for the presentation of the results. When we adjust sensitive parameters like τ and γ, the graphical representation illustrates the system’s behaviour and identifies suitable parameter ranges for solutions. In addition, we evaluate the model along with the regarded operators and various β1 values using an exceptional graphical representation.
1. Introduction
Fractional calculus is an effective tool used to solve mathematical problems in the real world. Fractional-order derivatives find numerous applications in various fields such as numerical analysis, physics, and biomathematics. This field is gaining popularity among researchers due to its potential to provide plausible results. Fractional-order derivatives are essential in evaluating biological models (Miller & Ross, Citation1993; Sabatier, Agrawal, & Machado, Citation2007). Some fractional derivatives have singular kernels, while others have non-singular kernels. The fractal-fractional operator is a more accurate and efficient operator commonly used in biological models. The Caputo, Caputo-Fabrizio (CF), and Atangana-Baleanu (AB) types of fractal fractional derivatives are powerful tools for analyzing biological systems and other models. Memory effects are often observed in biological systems, making the usefulness of fractional-order operators even more essential in these cases.
Today, Malaria – filariasis coinfection is becoming a hazardous disease for the world. This disease is an old parasitic disease for human beings. This disease is arising as a critical situation created for the world population. This illness is a medical challenge at this time for researchers and doctors. We see a high effect of this disease in Africa and Asia; These continents, in this illness, have an enormous death rate. The World Health Organization says that in 2018 approximately 438,000 people died from the sickness of malaria; 90 per cent of deaths occurred only in Africa (World Health Organization, n.d.). Malaria is a disease spread by a mosquito’s bite; when infected mosquitoes bite a human, the virus of this disease enters the human body (Nzeako, Okunnuga, Nduka, & Ezenwaka, Citation2016). The female anopheles mosquito plays a central role in the dispersion of malaria (Amoah-Mensah, Dontwi, & Bonyah, Citation2018; Mutua, Wang, & Vaidya, Citation2015; Okosun & Makinde, Citation2014). When we are infected with malaria, the symptoms of this illness like high fever, pain in the head, feeling the cold, and muscle aches. In some cases, patients have also suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea. Some of the patients infected with malaria have also been infected with anaemia and jaundice because of this disease’s effect on the red blood cells of the human body. Every year, approximately 290 million people suffer from malaria. The death rate is more than we think, and about 400,000 people die from this disease each year.
Filariasis is a disease that can spread through mosquito bites. It is caused by three types of filaria parasites, which are known as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia timori, and Brugia malayi. According to a 2018 report by the World Health Organization, around 856 million people in 52 countries are at risk of contracting filariasis. To prevent the spread of this parasitic disease, it is important to take precautions and use preventive chemotherapy (Abdullahi, Alaku, & Hudu, Citation2015; Adegnika et al., Citation2010; Chandrakala & Zulfeen, Citation2016). When a mosquito bites a person who has lymphatic filariasis, the mosquito can also become infected. This is because the person’s blood contains microscopic worms that enter the mosquito’s body. When the infected mosquito bites another person, the microscopic worms can enter their skin and blood, causing the infection to spread. The worms can live in the lymphatic vessels for up to 8 years and produce many microfilariae (Bhunu & Mushayabasa, Citation2012). Symptoms of lymphatic filariasis include swelling in the legs, arms, breasts, and genitals.
Fractional calculus has become a widely studied branch of mathematics in recent years, and its applications have greatly enhanced the field of mathematical analysis (Mainardi, Citation2012). In particular, fractional calculus has proven to be a valuable tool for modelling biological processes that involve memory effects. For example, when developing a mathematical model of an infectious disease in the natural sciences, the use of fractional-order derivatives is crucial for finding numerical solutions (Kumar, Kumar, Samet, & Dutta, Citation2021; Kumar, Kumar, Samet, Gómez-Aguilar, & Osman, Citation2020; Kumar & Kumar, Citation2022). These derivatives are more efficient and effective than integer-order derivatives when dealing with biological systems (Caputo, Citation1969). A significant concept in the study of derivatives in fractional calculus is the Caputo derivative, which has a singular kernel, but there are also other operators like the CF operator and AB operator that have nonsingular kernels (Caputo & Fabrizio, Citation2015; Kiryakova, Citation1993). In the past few years, several biological models have been solved with the help of fractional derivatives (Losada & Nieto, Citation2015; Uçar, Uçar, Özdemir, & Hammouch, Citation2019). However, dealing with fractional-order biological systems can be challenging due to non-linearity. The SVIR epidemic model is thoroughly examined by the authors, who utilize Lyapunov functions to provide methods for preventing the spread of disease (Alkhazzan, Wang, Nie, Khan, & Alzabut, Citation2023). This paper (Kumar, Kumar, & Jleli, Citation2022),, provides insights on how to investigate the dynamics and complexity of food chain models. Some of the notable derivatives include the AB derivative, which has become a pillar of fractional calculus in recent decades (Alkahtani & Atangana, Citation2016). The authors utilize a fractional differential operator to conduct a thorough examination of the tumour growth model that incorporates nonlinearity (Alzabut, Dhineshbabu, Selvam, Gómez-Aguilar, & Khan, Citation2023). Fractal-fractional operators have three different types of kernel, including power law, exponential decay, and Mittag-Leffler. These operators are considered reliable for biological models and are significant from a researcher’s perspective. It has been noted that the analytical and numerical computations for various fractional-order and fractal dimensions support the dynamics converging effects more strongly than they do for an integer order. The authors analyze the impact of waterborne diseases and COVID-19 using the fractal-fractional operator on human health (Khan, Alzabut, Shah, et al., Citation2023; Khan, Alzabut, Tunç, et al., Citation2023). In this paper, we analyze a nonlinear model and propose a practical and efficient solution plan.
1.1. A Summary of the paper
The following parts provide an organized breakdown of the entire work: Section 2 provides fundamental definitions for fractional calculus. The fractal-fractional model of malaria and filariasis is discussed in section 3 of this article. In section 4, we discuss the uniqueness, and existence of the model solution, non-negativity, and as well as its stability. Section 4 is further broken into sections 4, 4.1 and 4.2. In Section 5, numerical techniques for a model of fractional order malaria and filariasis are described. In Section 6, there is a numerical simulation and comments. Section 7 provides the conclusion.
2. Preliminaries
In this section, we look at a few fractional operator definitions and theorems in detail.
Definition 2.1
(Atangana & Qureshi, Citation2019; Li, Liu, & Khan, Citation2020). Let should be a continuous function in an open interval (a, b) and along with fractional order and fractal dimension , in the Riemann-Liouville (RL) derivative with power law kernel is defined as follows: (1) (1) with and
Definition 2.2
(Atangana & Qureshi, Citation2019; Li et al., Citation2020). Let should be a continuous function in an open interval (a, b) and along with fractional order and fractal dimension , in the Riemann-Liouville (RL) derivative with exponentially decaying kernel is defined as follows: (2) (2) the normalized constant is defined as follows:
Definition 2.3
(Atangana & Qureshi, Citation2019; Li et al., Citation2020). Let should be a continuous function in an open interval (a, b) and along with fractional order and fractal dimension , with power law kernel is defined as follows: (3) (3)
Definition 2.4
(Atangana & Qureshi, Citation2019; Li et al., Citation2020). Let should be a continuous function in an open interval (a, b) and along with fractional order and fractal dimension , with exponential decay kernel is defined as follows: (4) (4)
Theorem 2.1
(Ali, Shah, Zada, & Kumam, Citation2020; Granas & Dugundji, Citation2003). Let be an operator and completely continuous. Let
The operator Θ has at least one fixed point or the set is not bounded.
Lemma 2.1
(Xu, Saifullah, Ali, & Adnan, Citation2022). This problem has a solution if the following condition is true, (5) (5)
3. The mathematical formulation of the malaria-filariasis model
In this part, we convey fractional malaria-filariasis behavior and depict the proposed model. We have nine equations in our malaria-filariasis system. In this model, the complete population of pregnant women at the time “t” is divided into separate subpopulations. Sh represents the individual pregnant women who adhered to a medical prenatal program. Individually susceptible women who do not follow the antenatal medical regimen are classified as S2. Im represents those pregnant women only infected with malaria; If represents those pregnant women only infected with filariasis. Imf represents those pregnant women infected with both malaria and filariasis. T represents those pregnant women treated for malaria-filariasis. That’s why Because the same vector that spreads malaria also spreads filariasis (Anopheles mosquito), this vector population is represented by The stands for the susceptible mosquito; the for the exposed mosquito, and the for the infected mosquito, therefore The host population is recruited from the population of susceptible pregnant women who adhere to the medical prenatal program at a steady per capita rate of The fraction of pregnant women who are complying with antenatal medical programs is represented by the π, and τ is represented by the rate of loss of immunity to both malaria and filariasis. The natural death rate was represented by μh, while the rate of progression from Sh to S2 was represented by δ. and have been chosen to depict the force of infection. That’s why and μh is the rate at which pregnant women die naturally, and the disease-induced death rate is denoted by the letter γ. σh is the percentage of susceptible pregnant women who do not comply with the antenatal medical program that develops malaria symptoms. stands for the rate at which malaria is treated, and ψ stands for the pace at which malaria progresses to the point when filariasis symptoms appear. The treatment rate for filariasis is denoted by whereas the treatment rate for malaria-filariasis is denoted by The recruitment of mosquitoes has determined the rate of change in the susceptible mosquito population. The force of infection that created a rate of change in the exposed mosquito population has been denoted as the represents the natural mortality rate of mosquitoes, and denotes a decrease in the pace of mosquito progression. α represents the rate of mosquito bites. The chance of malaria transmission in pregnant women per bite was represented by a, whereas the transmission rate between infectious and susceptible mosquitoes was represented by b is the likelihood that any pregnant woman with the infection will cause mosquitoes to transmit the disease. β represents the actual contact rate of infection between infectious groups. Other modification parameters, such as ϵ, θ, ρ, and ν, are also present, as we know.
The following assumptions are included in the model’s construction:
In the tropics, we solely consider the population of pregnant women who are considered lonely.
Birth and death rates exist.
The mother and the kids have no vertical transmission.
Malaria and filariasis disease-contaminated pregnant ladies have treatment also available.
When pregnant women are infected with this disease, then after the treatment affects immunity; therefore, the possibility of again being infected with this disease.
This paper presents a realistic and well-posed domain for an epidemic model. However, due to state variables and parameter variations, medical intervention strategies such as treatment are required to control the spread of co-infectious diseases. Therefore the proposed co-infection model (Ogunmiloro, Citation2019) is written as: (6) (6) with the initial conditions
We operate the fractal fractional-order derivative in system Equation(6)(6) (6) , then we get (7) (7) with the initial conditions
4. Existence and uniqueness of the solution
In this part, we build the existence theory for the proposed model. Now, we rewrite the system Equation(7)(7) (7) with this structure as follows: (8) (8) where
System Equation(8)(8) (8) can be expressed as follows: (9) (9)
We operate the fractional integral, we have where
We operate the fractal-fractional integral in the CF sense in the system Equation(8)(8) (8) , then we get (10) (10)
In this part, we analyze the existence and uniqueness of the solution in our proposed model with the help of the fixed point theory. A Banach space can be defined as follows to demonstrate the existence and unique solution for the proposed model. We defined as = is space of all functions respectively to generates a Banach space when provided with the norm respectively to Therefore the norm is established in the product space as
A Banach space is established as
Let the operator is defined in system Equation(10)(10) (10) , then we have (11) (11) where (12) (12)
Theorem 4.1.
Let are continuous functions and these constants are and such that where , then we get
In addition, suppose that if the condition are fulfilled, then system Equation(7)(7) (7) has a unique solution, where
Proof.
Let us define First, we prove that and let be closed convex ball i.e Let we have (13) (13)
Likewise, we get (14) (14) with the use of the definition, with the help of Equationequations (13)(13) (13) and Equation(14)(14) (14) , we get (15) (15)
When for each we get (16) (16)
Likewise, we get (17) (17)
With the help of Equationequations (16)(16) (16) and Equation(17)(17) (17) , then we get (18) (18)
Since So therefore, is a contraction operator. With the use of the Banach contraction theorem and has a unique fixed point. Hence the proposed model Equation(7)(7) (7) has a unique solution. □
Theorem 4.2.
Let such that we have with and
Other assumptions are where and then the system Equation(7)(7) (7) has at least one solution.
Proof.
Let be an operator and completely continuous. We can say that Θ operator is continuous because is continuous. Let be a bounded set and there constants such that, We have (19) (19)
Likewise, we get (20) (20)
We proved that is uniformly bounded with the use of Equationequations (19)(19) (19) and Equation(20)(20) (20) .
Now, we show that Θ is equicontinuous. Let therefore (21) (21)
Likewise, we get (22) (22)
Thus, is equicontinuous.
So therefore, is completely continuous.
Now, we prove that is a bounded. Let then When then and Then (23) (23) we simplifying Equationequation (23)(23) (23) , we have (24) (24)
We apply a similar process then we get (25) (25)
Now, we add the Equationequations (24)(24) (24) and Equation(25)(25) (25) , then we get (26) (26)
Consequently, we obtain
Thus, using the Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem, the proposed model Equation(7)(7) (7) has at least one solution. □
4.1. Non-negativity condition
In this section, we prove that the system classes are non-negative for all t. This implies that the co-infection model has non-negative solutions for non-negative initial values for all t > 0.
Lemma 4.1
(Xu et al., Citation2022). Let be suppose that initial condition where for every t > 0 the solution of the system Equation(6)(6) (6) are non-negative. Now, where and
Proof.
Let and We take the first equation of the system Equation(6)(6) (6) , then we get (27) (27)
We solve the Equationequation (27)(27) (27) , and we get (28) (28)
We simplified the Equationequation (28)(28) (28) , and we get (29) (29)
The previous similar process applies to other equations in system Equation(6)(6) (6) , then we get > 0 Consider that The resulting value is obtained after summing up the state variables in the system Equation(6)(6) (6) , we have
Hence,
Which indeed completes the proof of the lemma.
Lemma 4.2.
We prove that system Equation(6)(6) (6) is bounded in the feasible region as:
Proof.
We have added up all the compartments of the system Equation(6)(6) (6) , and we get (30) (30)
We solve the Equationequation (30)(30) (30) , we get (31) (31)
When in Equationequation (31)(31) (31) , then we get
Here, we will explore the positivity of the system Equation(7)(7) (7) . To do so, we will follow the previous steps.
With the help of the previous equation, we get
So,
Hence, the proof of the lemma is complete.
4.2. Ulam-Hyer stability condtion
In this section, we establish some terms and conditions of stability for proposed model. Let is a perturbed parameter.
Theorem 4.3
(Xu et al., Citation2022). If the following condition hold where and with use of systems and Lemma then Ulam-Hyers stability exists for the solution of the proposed model.
Proof.
The proposed model has a unique solution, as we have demonstrated, let be solution and be a unique solution of the system Equation(7)(7) (7) , we have
Based on the result mentioned above, we have
We can conclude that the system’s solution is stable. So, the proof is finished. □
5. A Numerical technique for malaria – filariasis model
It is not a simple task to deal with nonlinearity when using fractional derivatives in a biological model. Working with non-linearity while using a fractional model is a complex task. We’ve used a few new numerical algorithms to solve biological models in recent years. These numerical techniques play a significant role in determining our system’s approximate solution. We create a fractional system to find an approximate solution in the first stage.
5.1. Numerical scheme with fractal fractional in Caputo sense
We use the model to create a numerical scheme by starting with a power-law scenario. We write the proposed model in terms of Volterra representation in the RL sense before the beginning of the scheme (Khan, Atangana, Muhammad, & Alzahrani, Citation2021). (32) (32)
We are considering the fractional differential equation, outcomes displayed below: (33) (33) where (34) (34)
To develop a numerical scheme for the fractal fractional malaria-filariasis model, we apply the RL fractional integral to the system Equation(33)(33) (33) , then we get (35) (35)
Initially, we merely resolve the system’s Equation(35)(35) (35) first equation. Other equations obtain solutions that are analogous to those of the first equation. (36) (36) put in Equationequation (36)(36) (36) then we get (37) (37)
We simplify the Equationequation (37)(37) (37) , we have (38) (38) with the help of the Lagrangian interpolation technique for finding the approximate function in the interval into Equationequation (38)(38) (38) , then we get (39) (39)
We apply Equationequation (39)(39) (39) to Equationequation (38)(38) (38) , then we get (40) (40)
EquationEquation (40)(40) (40) can be solved further to produce the following results, (41) (41) where and
The previous similar process applies to other equations, then we get (42) (42) where and
5.2. Numerical scheme with fractal fractional in CF sense
We now converted the proposed model to the fractal-fractional in the CF sense. Therefore we are developing the numerical approach in the CF sense, the structure as follows: (43) (43)
We apply the CF integral in Equationequation (43)(43) (43) , then we get (44) (44)
Initially, we merely resolve the system’s Equation(44)(44) (44) first equation. Other equations obtain solutions that are analogous to those of the first equation. (45) (45) we put in Equationequation (45)(45) (45) , then we get (46) (46)
Now, we simplified Equationequation (46)(46) (46) , and we get
The following outcome is obtained using the Lagrange polynomial concept: (47) (47)
Further, we simplify the Equationequation (47)(47) (47) , then we get (48) (48) the previous similar process applies to other equations, then we get (49) (49)
5.3. Error analysis with fractal fractional in Caputo sense
We use the Equationequation (38)(38) (38) , and then we get (50) (50) with the help of the Lagrangian polynomial for finding the approximate function in the interval into Equationequation (50)(50) (50) , then we get (51) (51)
Therefore, the error can be evaluated as (52) (52)
Taking the absolute value on both sides, we have (53) (53)
We have (54) (54)
We use Equationequation (54)(54) (54) in Equationequation (53)(53) (53) , then we present the following error: (55) (55)
The previous similar process applies to other equations, then we get (56) (56) (57) (57) (58) (58) (59) (59) (60) (60) (61) (61) (62) (62) (63) (63)
6. Numerical simulation and result discussion
In this study, an investigation has been conducted to determine the dynamic of antenatal compliant susceptible pregnant women, antenatal non-compliant susceptible pregnant women, malaria-infected pregnant women, filariasis infected pregnant women, malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, treatment of malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, susceptible mosquitoes, exposed mosquito and infected mosquito using various fractional orders. To show the efficiency of the proposed strategy, simulations have been carried out using MATLAB (The MathWorks Inc, Citation2016). Through simulations, we have been able to gain a better understanding of the model’s dynamics and perform a more comprehensive analysis by observing how changes in the parameters and initial conditions affected the model’s predictions. The results from the fractional order analysis were found to be more informative and generalizable than those obtained from other related works. We have used the Toufik-Atanagana (TA) numerical techniques to solve the proposed co-infection model. are denoted as the initial conditions of proposed co-infection model and the parameter values are presented in Table as follows.
Table
show the dynamics of antenatal compliant susceptible pregnant women, antenatal non-compliant susceptible pregnant women, malaria-infected pregnant women, filariasis infected pregnant women, malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, treatment of malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, susceptible mosquitos, exposed mosquitos and infected mosquitos respectively when fractal dimension and fractional order Further, when fractional order is fixed and fractal dimension is varied then show the dynamics of antenatal compliant susceptible pregnant women, antenatal non-compliant susceptible pregnant women, malaria-infected pregnant women, filariasis infected pregnant women, malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, treatment of malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, susceptible mosquitos, exposed mosquitos and infected mosquitos respectively. show the dynamics of antenatal compliant susceptible pregnant women, antenatal non-compliant susceptible pregnant women, malaria-infected pregnant women, filariasis infected pregnant women, malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women andtreatment of malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women respectively when values of natural mortality rate (μh) of pregnant women is varied. show the dynamics of susceptible mosquitos, exposed mosquitos and infected mosquitos when values of natural mortality rate (μv) of mosquitos is varied. and represent the comparison of numerical schemes (Toufik-Atangana schemes Equation(33)(33) (33) and Equation(43)(43) (43) with respect to Caputo and Caputo-Fabrizio operators) for the state variables antenatal compliant susceptible pregnant women, antenatal non-compliant susceptible pregnant women, malaria-infected pregnant women, filariasis infected pregnant women, malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, treatment of malaria-filariasis infected pregnant women, susceptible mosquitos, exposed mosquitos and infected mosquitos respectively when fractal dimension and fractional order It has become clear that the fractal-fractional approach is the most reliable for explaining the disease model, compared to the regular fractional and classical order cases.
7. Conclusion
In this paper, The fractal-fractional derivative/integral has been used to examine the nonlinear dynamics of the malaria-filariasis model. We have used the Banach contraction theorem to analyze a malaria-filariasis model. The proposed model solution is examined using fixed-point theory to determine its existence and uniqueness. Applying the Ulam-Hyers stability technique, the stability analysis is conducted. We employ the numerical Toufik-Atanagana (TA) approach to offer an analytically estimated solution. We analyze the behaviour of the numerical solution and how it responds to various transmission parameters for a sort of arbitrary order with fractal dimensions. Variations in the state variable and model parameter values give information about the nature of the proposed model. With the help of a graphical representation, it has been demonstrated how the system’s parameters and the order of derivatives will have a significant impact. Climatic variables, ideal controls, and time strategies have affected this disease. The study offers a distinctive perspective on the interactions between malaria and filariasis that will provide valuable insights for readers and public health authorities. Based on the numerical results presented, it can be concluded that the fractal-fractional principle yields higher efficiency than the fractional principle. Therefore, the fractal-fractional approach can be applied to a range of real-world problems to achieve better results. Moving forward, we plan to utilize this approach to analyze other real-world problems. In future, comparing the proposed models’ numerical solution with additional numerical approaches could have potential benefits. To further improve and analyze the model, it can be extended to consider the impact of optimal controls and climatic factors.
Authors contributions
All authors contributed equally and significantly in writing this paper and typed, read, and approved the final manuscript.
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