Threshold quantities for helminth infections

DOI10.1007/BF00176380zbMath0822.92018OpenAlexW2171998228WikidataQ72150423 ScholiaQ72150423MaRDI QIDQ1345897

M. G. Roberts, J. A. P. Heesterbeek

Publication date: 19 March 1995

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00176380

zbMATH Keywords

heterogeneityautonomous systemsbasic reproduction rationonautonomous systemsthreshold behaviourperiodic discontinuitieshelminthsmean parasite burdensperiodic deterministic systemsstability of the parasite-free steady state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Linear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A30) General theory for ordinary differential equations (34A99)

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