A delay reaction-diffusion model of the spread of bacteriophage infection

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 550-566

  Gourley, Stephen A ^a   Kuang, Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Reaction diffusion; Stage structure; Through stage death rate; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; DELAY; REACTION-DIFFUSION; STAGE STRUCTURES; THROUGH-STAGE DEATH RATE; TRAVELING WAVES;

CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REACTION KINETICS; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA;

EID: 19944390652     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139903436613     Document Type: Article

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