eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics 2328-7292 2019-05-13 7 3 115 119 10.12691/ajams-7-3-6 AJAMS2019736 article Deborah Olufunmilayo Makinde funmideb@yahoo.com 1 Department of Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University, 220005, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria The aim of this paper is to obtain coefficient estimates of the integral operator of the form: and using the relationship between starlike and convex functions and give its implication to disease control. Also, we obtain the growth and distortion theorems for the operator. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajams/7/3/6/ajams-7-3-6.pdf p-valent; differential operator integral operator growth and distortion disease control