The Impact of Awareness Programs with Recruitment and Delay on the Spread of an Epidemic

A compartment epidemic model with delay is given to discuss the impact of awareness programs on the spread and control of infectious diseases in a given region. It is assumed that there is a constant recruitment rate in the cumulative density of awareness programs, and further it is assumed that awa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lixia Zuo, Maoxing Liu, Jinqiang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/235935