A tuberculosis model with seasonality

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 931-952

  Liu, Luju ^a,b   Zhao, Xiao Qiang ^b   Zhou, Yicang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction ratio; Global stability; Periodic solution; Seasonal pattern; Uniform persistence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEASON; TUBERCULOSIS;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952669726     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9477-8     Document Type: Article

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