An age-structured model for the spread of epidemic cholera: Analysis and simulation

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3483-3498

  Alexanderian, Alen ^a   Gobbert, Matthias K ^b   Fister, K Renee ^c   Gaff, Holly ^d   Lenhart, Suzanne ^e   Schaefer, Elsa ^f  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic cholera; Finite differences; Hyperbolic transport; SIR model

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURED MODEL; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; DISEASE DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC CHOLERA; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; FIXED POINT ARGUMENT; HYPERBOLIC TRANSPORT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOW RATES; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIR MODEL; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEALTH RISKS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 80052023465     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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