Density-dependent dynamics and superinfection in an epidemic model

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-317

  Mena Lorca, Jaime ^a   Velasco Hernandez, Jorge X ^b,c   Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DISINFECTION;

DENSITY-DEPENDENT; EPIDEMIC MODELING; GLOBAL ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; STEADY STATE; SUPERINFECTION; VARIABLE POPULATION SIZES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 0033372465     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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