An SI epidemic model with nonlinear infection rate and stage structure

International Journal of Biomathematics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Zou, Wei ^a   Xie, Jiehua ^a  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

epidemic; global asymptotic stability; nonlinear infection rate; Stage structure; threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952006663     PISSN: 17935245     EISSN: 17937159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793524509000479     Document Type: Article

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