Subthreshold and superthreshold coexistence of pathogen variants: The impact of host age-structure

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-77

  Martcheva, Maia ^a   Pilyugin, Sergei S ^a   Holt, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronological age structure; Coexistence; Induced subthreshold coexistence; Multiple pathogen variants; Strongly subthreshold coexistence; Subthreshold dominance equilibria; Weakly subthreshold coexistence

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMORPHISM;

ENDEMIC EQUILIBRIUM; INDUCED SUBTHRESHOLD COEXISTENCE; INFECTION; PATHOGEN POLYMORPHISM; STRONGLY SUBTHRESHOLD COEXISTENCE; VIRULENCE; WEAKLY SUBTHRESHOLD COEXISTENCE;

PATHOGENS;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGE STRUCTURE; COEXISTENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34147173356     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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