Kermack and McKendrick revisited: The variable subsceptibility model for infectious deseases (Q5944157)

The author discusses a refined variant of the classical Kermack-McKendrick model with a susceptible population \(s(t,\tau)\), with infected members \(i(t,\tau)\) and recovered ones \(r(t,\tau)\). Here \(t\) is time and \(\tau\) is the elapsed from the infection, i.e. the duration since the entry into the \(s\)-state. He gives a mathematical analysis of the stability of the endemic state as well as applications to the evolutionary epidemic model.