Multi-strain persistence induced by host age structure

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 595-612

  Qiu, Zhipeng ^a   Li, Xuezhi ^b   Martcheva, Maia ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XINYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Coexistence; Competition; Epidemic model with two competing strain; Reproduction number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862780699     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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