Global stability for a four dimensional epidemic model

Note di Matematica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Buonomo, Bruno ^a   Lacitignola, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compound matrices; Epidemic model; Global stability; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878462034     PISSN: 11232536     EISSN: 15900932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i15900932v30n2p83     Document Type: Article

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