A model of measles endemicity

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-198

  Cullen, R M ^a   Ellis, N D ^a   Walker, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attractor; Endemic; Fixed point; Interepidemic period; Measles

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISEASE CONTROL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ATTRACTOR; FIXED POINT; INTEREPIDEMIC PERIOD; MEASLES ENDEMICITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032715047     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00615-9     Document Type: Article

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