Continuum description of a contact infection spread in a SIR model

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Postnikov, Eugene B ^a   Sokolov, Igor M ^b  

^a KURSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Epidemic waves; PDE; SIR model

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VIRUSES;

EPIDEMIC WAVES; REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; SIR MODEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DIFFUSION; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; SIR; VIRAL DISEASE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION RISK; KENDALL EPIDEMIC WAVE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIR MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOCA; PLANT DISEASES;

PHOCA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 34249680168     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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