A SIRS epidemic model with infection-age dependence

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1396-1414

  Zhang, Zhonghua ^a   Peng, Jigen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotic stability; Epidemiology; Equilibria; Infection age; SIRS epidemic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947212532     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2006.09.061     Document Type: Article

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