Jesús Bellver Arnau

Spanish National Research Council | CSIC · Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes

This paper is devoted to the study of optimal release strategies to control vector-borne diseases, such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and malaria. Two techniques are considered: the sterile insect one (SIT), which consists in releasing sterilized males among wild vectors in order to perturb their reproduction, and the Wolbachia one (presently used m...

Mosquito species, including the Asian tiger mosquito, can transmit disease-causing pathogens such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, with their population dynamics influenced by a variety of factors including climate shifts, human activity, and local environmental conditions. Understanding these dynamics is vital for effective control measures. Our...

We propose a two stages mosquito egg-larvae model with seasonality as a simplification of a four stages one. For the simplified model we characterize the dynamics in terms of the vectorial reproduction number, $$R_0$$ R 0 , obtaining extinction if $$R_0\le 1$$ R 0 ≤ 1 and convergence to a unique positive periodic orbit if $$R_0>1$$ R 0 > 1 . We ill...

This work is devoted to the mathematical study of an optimization problem regarding control strategies of mosquito population in a heterogeneous environment. Mosquitoes are well known to be vectors of diseases, but, in some cases, they have a reduced vector capacity when carrying the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia. We consider a mathematical mod...

This paper is devoted to the study of optimal release strategies to control vector-borne diseases, such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and malaria. Two techniques are considered: the sterile insect one (SIT), which consists in releasing sterilized males among wild vectors in order to perturb their reproduction, and the Wolbachia one (presently used m...

With vector-borne diseases rising globally and mosquitoes expanding their habitats due to climate change,mosquito control is undoubtedly one of the main challenges for human health in the years to come. This thesis isdevoted to the modeling, analysis and simulation of mosquito and mosquito-borne diseases optimal control strategies using modified ve...

Vector-borne diseases, in particular arboviruses, represent a major threat to human health. In the fight against these viruses, the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia has become in recent years a promising tool as it has been shown to prevent the transmission of some of these viruses between mosquitoes and humans. In this work, we investigate optima...

Vector control plays a central role in the fight against vector-borne diseases and, in particular, arboviruses. The use of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia has proven to be effective in preventing the transmission of some of these viruses between mosquitoes and humans, making it a promising control tool. The population replacement technique we...

Vector control plays a central role in the fight against vector-borne diseases and, in particular, arboviruses. The use of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia has proven effective in preventing the transmission of some of these viruses between mosquitoes and humans, making it a promising control tool. The Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) consi...