An epidemic model with post-contact prophylaxis of distributed length i. thresholds for disease persistence and extinction

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-239

  Thieme, Horst R ^a   Tridane, Abdessamad ^a   Kuang, Yang ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(class) age structure; Basic reproduction number; Compact attractor; Disease extinction; Disease persistence; Distributed time delay; Endemic equilibria; Semiflow; Standard (or frequency dependent) incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79960526336     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513750801915277     Document Type: Article

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