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2002 Permanence of an SIR epidemic model with distributed time delays
Edoardo Beretta, Tadayuki Hara, Wanbiao Ma, Yasuhiro Takeuchi
Tohoku Math. J. (2) 54(4): 581-591 (2002). DOI: 10.2748/tmj/1113247650

Abstract

We consider permanence of an SIR epidemic model with distributed time delays. Based on some known techniques on limit sets of differential dynamical systems, we show that, for any time delay, the SIR epidemic model is permanent if and only if an endemic equilibrium exits.

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Edoardo Beretta. Tadayuki Hara. Wanbiao Ma. Yasuhiro Takeuchi. "Permanence of an SIR epidemic model with distributed time delays." Tohoku Math. J. (2) 54 (4) 581 - 591, 2002. https://doi.org/10.2748/tmj/1113247650

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Published: 2002
First available in Project Euclid: 11 April 2005

zbMATH: 1014.92033
MathSciNet: MR1936269
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2748/tmj/1113247650

Subjects:
Primary: 92D30
Secondary: 34K20 , 45J05

Keywords: Epidemic model , permanence , time delay

Rights: Copyright © 2002 Tohoku University

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