A simple SIS epidemic model with a backward bifurcation

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 525-540

  Van Den Driessche, P ^a   Watmough, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward bifurcation; Distributed delay; Multiple equilibria; Nonlinear Volterra integral equation; SIS epidemic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034198679     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850000032     Document Type: Article

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