Global asymptotic properties of a delay SIR epidemic model with finite incubation times (Q1585001)

Here, the SIR model with distributed delays \[ \begin{aligned} {ds(t)\over dt} & = -\beta s(t) \int^h_0 f(\tau)i(t-\tau) d\tau- \mu_1s(t)+ b,\\ {di(t)\over dt} & =\beta s(t) \int^h_0 f(\tau)i(t- \tau) d\tau- \mu_2i(t)- \lambda i(t),\\ {dr(t)\over dt} & =\lambda i(t)- \mu_3 r(t),\end{aligned} \] is analyzed. By the Lyapunov-Lasalle invariance principle, the authors show that the disease free equilibrium is globally attractive whenever \({b\over\mu_1}\leq s^*= {\mu_2+\lambda\over \beta}\). Sufficient conditions are given to ensure the global asymptotic stability of the endemic equilibrium based on some difference inequality and the construction of Lyapunov functionals.