Impact of environmental noises on the stability of a waterborne pathogen model

A stochastic waterborne disease model is analyzed to reveal the effects of the white noise and telegraph noise. For this stochastic model, a critical quantity R 0 s is derived, which depends on not only model parameters but also environmental noises. If R 0 s > 1 , then this model admits an ergodic stationary distribution. One of the most important contributions is the suitable Lyapunov function depending on the state of Markov chains is constructed. Theoretical results and numerical simulations provide a clear insight of the impact of environmental noises on the dynamical behavior of the model.