Travelling wave solutions in multigroup age-structured epidemic models

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 311-331

  Ducrot, Arnaut ^a   Magal, Pierre ^b   Ruan, Shigui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

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EID: 70350625366     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: 14320673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-008-0203-8     Document Type: Article

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