Backward bifurcation and associated phenomena in epidemic models

The equilibrium phenomenon of backward bifurcation has in recent years been shown to occur in several deterministic differential equation models for the spread of infectious diseases. For simple epidemic models the disease is usually able to persist in the population when the basic reproduction rati...

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Main Author: Griffiths, Martin
Published: University of Strathclyde 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442131