Spatial spread of sexually transmitted diseases within susceptible populations at demographic steady state

DOI10.3934/mbe.2008.5.713zbMath1153.92027WikidataQ51848817 ScholiaQ51848817MaRDI QIDQ1000268

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Bingtuan Li

Publication date: 5 February 2009

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2008.5.713

zbMATH Keywords

traveling wave; spreading speed; sexually transmitted disease; disease spread

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

35K57: Reaction-diffusion equations

91D20: Mathematical geography and demography