Threshold conditions for West Nile virus outbreaks

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 627-647

  Jiang, Jifa ^a   Qiu, Zhipeng ^b   Wu, Jianhong ^c   Zhu, Huaiping ^c  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward bifurcation; Differential equations; Dynamics; Multiple equilibria and stability; Threshold conditions; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NORTH AMERICA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 62149101085     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9374-6     Document Type: Article

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