The effect of waning immunity on long-term behaviour of stochastic models for the spread of infection

DOI10.1007/s00285-009-0313-4zbMath1204.92055OpenAlexW2115490417WikidataQ51773181 ScholiaQ51773181MaRDI QIDQ604541

Damian Clancy, Sang Taphou Mendy

Publication date: 11 November 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-009-0313-4

zbMATH Keywords

moment closurediffusion approximationquasi-stationary distributioncumulant equationsstochastic infection model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92) Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70)

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