A hyperbolic reaction-diffusion model for the hantavirus infection

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-499

  Barbera, E ^a   Curro C ^a   Valenti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuum model; Hantavirus; Nonlinear waves

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

CONTINUUM MODEL; HANTAVIRUS; NONLINEAR WAVES;

VIRUSES;

EID: 39449107684     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: 10991476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.929     Document Type: Article

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