A schistosomiasis model with mating structure and time delay

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^a   Feng, Zhilan ^b   Xu, Dashun ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Homogeneous equations; Multiple strains; Schistosome mating structure; Time delay

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG THERAPY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOMOGENEOUS EQUATIONS; MULTIPLE STRAINS; SCHISTOSOME MATING STRUCTURES;

TIME DELAY;

DRUG RESISTANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SIMULATION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 38349076158     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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