Structured and Unstructured Continuous Models for Wolbachia Infections

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2067-2088

  Farkas, József Z ^a   Hinow, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured population dynamics; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Stability analysis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77958501792     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9528-1     Document Type: Article

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