Multi-strain persistence induced by host age structure
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Multi-strain persistence induced by host age structure
Abstract. In this paper, we formulate an age-structured epidemic model with two competing strains. The model incorporates disease-induced mortality so that the population can not be assumed to be in a stationary demographic state. We derive explicit expressions of the basic and invasion reproduction numbers for strain one and two, respectively. Analytical results of the model show that the exis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-247X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2012.02.052