Asymptotic profiles of the steady states for an SIS epidemic reaction-diffusion model

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Allen, L J S ^a   Bolker, B M ^b   Lou, Y ^c   Nevai, A L ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Disease free equilibrium; Dispersal; Endemic equilibrium; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449127242     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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