Spreading speed and traveling waves for a multi-type SIS epidemic model

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 270-296

  Weng, Peixuan ^a   Zhao, Xiao Qiang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monotone semiflow; SIS epidemic model; Spreading speed; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746591257     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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