Non-linear incidence and stability of infectious disease models

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-128

  Korobeinikov, Andrei ^a   Maini, Philip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct Lyapunov method; Endemic equilibrium state; Global stability; Non linear incidence rate

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS;

CONDITION; DIRECT LYAPUNOV METHODS; ENDEMIC EQUILIBRIUM; ENDEMIC EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; GLOBAL STABILITY; NON LINEAR; NONLINEAR INCIDENCE RATES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 25144476559     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqi001     Document Type: Article

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