A two-strain tuberculosis model with age of infection

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1634-1656

  Feng, Z ^a   Iannelli, M ^a   Milner, F A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed delays; Mathematical models; Stability; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

DISEASE DYNAMICS;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0036588794     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003613990038205X     Document Type: Article

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