Population persistence and extinction in a discrete-time, stage-structured epidemic model

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 13-15, 2004, Pages 1177-1199

  Emmert, Keith E ^a   Allen, Linda J S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation diagram; Populations; SIR epidemic model; Structured population

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744230985     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190410001654151     Document Type: Article

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