On a discrete West Nile epidemic model

Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-414

  Jang, Sophia R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liapunov function; Uniform persistence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

AVIAN POPULATION; CLASSIFIEDS; DISCRETE TIME; EPIDEMIC MODELING; INTERACTING POPULATION; LIAPUNOV FUNCTION; MODELING BEHAVIOUR; UNIFORM PERSISTENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS;

EID: 36849048681     PISSN: 22383603     EISSN: 18070302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-82052007000300005     Document Type: Article

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