A comparison of continuous and discrete-time West Nile virus models

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 491-509

  Lewis, Mark A ^a   Rencławowicz, Joanna ^a,b,c   Driessche, P Van Den ^c   Wonham, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Discrete time model; Disease control; Next generation operator; Spectral radius; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AVES; URENA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33646855146     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-005-9039-7     Document Type: Article

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