Modeling the effects of carriers on transmission dynamics of infectious diseases

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 711-722

  Kalajdzievska, Darja ^a   Li, Michael Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease carriers; Epidemic models; Global stability; Lyapunov functions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CARRIER STATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79958198421     PISSN: 15471063     EISSN: 15510018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.711     Document Type: Article

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