Some examples of persistence in epidemiological models

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 564-570

  Margheri, A ^a   Rebelo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1542540905     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-002-0193-3     Document Type: Article

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