Global asymptotic dynamics of a model for quarantine and isolation

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-231

  Safi, Mohammad A ^a   Gumel, Abba B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equilibria; Isolation; Quarantine; Reproduction number; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957792337     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2010.14.209     Document Type: Article

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