Impact of group mixing on disease dynamics

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  van den Driessche, P ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Zou, Xingfu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Delay; Global asymptotic stability; Group mixing; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DELAY; GLOBAL ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GROUP MIXING; OSCILLATION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

DISEASE SPREAD; IMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957686260     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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