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ArticleJournal of mathematical biology2026

Modeling parasite clearance and transmission delays in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis transmission dynamics.

Sharmin Sultana, Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra, Luis Fernando Chaves

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Article in Journal of mathematical biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Sharmin SultanaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, 2719 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA.
Gilberto Gonzalez-ParraDepartment of Mathematics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 10587, USA.
Luis Fernando ChavesDepartment of Geography, Indiana University, 701 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA. lfchaves@iu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5301-2764

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Division of Environmental Biology CNH2- 1924200School of Public Health - Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington Postdoctoral Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is a multi-host vector-borne disease with complex transmission dynamics involving sand fly vectors, reservoirs, and incidental hosts. In this study, we develop and analyze two delay differential equation (DDE) models to explore the role of biological time delays in ACL transmission dynamics. The first model incorporates a delay in the parasite clearance term of the incidental host, reflecting the minimum parasite clearance time between infection and recovery. The second model introduces a delay that represents delays in skin lesion development following exposure to infective sand fly bites. For both models, we derived the basic reproduction number

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Leishmaniasis, CutaneousModels, BiologicalAnimalsBasic Reproduction NumberComputer SimulationDisease OutbreaksDisease ReservoirsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansInsect VectorsMathematical ConceptsPsychodidaeHopf bifurcationLeishmania panamensisOscillationsSand flies

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PMID42758336
PMCPMC13588845

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