On non-perturbative approach to transmission dynamics of infectious diseases with waning immunity

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Makinde, O D ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ADM; Epidemic model; Lyapunov function; Pad approximants; Vaccination coverage; VIM; Waning immunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249125385     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2009.10.4.451     Document Type: Article

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