A mathematical model of the spread of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) through a highly heterogeneous spatial domain

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 570-588

  Fitzgibbon, W E ^a   Langlais, M ^b   Morgan, J J ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental or diffractive diffusion; Homogenization; Mass action; Proportionate mixing; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036347980     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141000371757     Document Type: Article

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