Backwards bifurcations and catastrophe in simple models of fatal diseases

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-248

  Dushoff, Jonathan ^a,d   Huang, Wenzhang ^b   Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031992574     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050099     Document Type: Article

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