Rabies in raccoons: Optimal control for a discrete time model on a spatial grid

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-393

  Ding, Wandi ^a   Gross, Louis J ^a   Langston, Keith ^a   Lenhart, Suzanne ^a   Real, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete model; Optimal control; Rabies in raccoons; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNOLOGY; RABIES; RACCOON; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873733565     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513750701605515     Document Type: Article

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