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Global stability of an age-structured SIRS epidemic model

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  • College of Sciences, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

Received date: 2014-09-21

  Online published: 2015-06-22

Abstract

An age-structured SIRS epidemic model with screening strategy and infectionage is  formulated. The basic reproductive number is defined. Global stability of equilibria   of the model are disucssed by constructing suitable Lyapunov functions.

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ZHANG Zhong-Hua, SUO Yao-Hong . Global stability of an age-structured SIRS epidemic model[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2015 , 21(03) : 336 -343 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-2861.2014.05.010

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