Dynamical Analysis of an SEIT Epidemic Model with Application to Ebola Virus Transmission in Guinea

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Zhiming ^a   Teng, Zhidong ^a   Feng, Xiaomei ^b   Li, Yingke ^c   Zhang, Huiguo ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TRANSMISSIONS; VIRUSES;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE-FREE EQUILIBRIUM; ENDEMIC EQUILIBRIUM; EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; LEAST SQUARE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GUINEA; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALGORITHM; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

EBOLA VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84937019952     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/582625     Document Type: Article

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