Acta mathematica scientia,Series B

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GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF AN SEIR EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH IMMIGRATION OF DIFFERENT COMPARTMENTS

Zhang Juan; Li Jianquan; Ma Zhien   

  1. Department of Mathematics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • Received:2004-10-31 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-07-20 Published:2006-07-20
  • Contact: Zhang Juan

Abstract:

The SEIR epidemic model studied here includes constant inflows of new susceptibles, exposeds, infectives, and recovereds. This model also incorporates a population size dependent contact rate and a disease-related death. As the infected fraction cannot be eliminated from the population, this kind of model has only the unique endemic equilibrium that is globally asymptotically stable. Under the special case where the new members of immigration are all susceptible, the model considered here shows a threshold phenomenon and a sharp threshold has been obtained. In order to prove the global asymptotical stability of the endemic equilibrium, the authors introduce the change of variable, which can reduce our four-dimensional system to a three-dimensional asymptotical autonomous system with limit equation.

Key words: SEIR model, population size dependent contact rate, compartment, infected individual, compound matrix

CLC Number: 

  • 92D30
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