On the dynamics of an SEIR epidemic model with a convex incidence rate

Ricerche di Matematica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-281

  Buonomo, Bruno ^a   Lacitignola, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backward bifurcation; Bendixson criterion; Mathematical epidemiology; Nonlinear incidence rate; SEIR model

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549084832     PISSN: 00355038     EISSN: 18273491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11587-008-0039-4     Document Type: Article

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