Dengue disease, basic reproduction number and control

International Journal of Computer Mathematics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-346

  Rodrigues, Helena Sofia ^a   Monteiro, M Teresa T ^b   Torres, Delfim F M ^c   Zinober, Alan ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basic reproduction number; Cape Verde; control; dengue; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855166473     PISSN: 00207160     EISSN: 10290265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207160.2011.554540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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