Acta mathematica scientia,Series B

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GLOBAL STABILITY OF AN SIRS EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH DELAYS

Zhen Jin; Ma Zhien; Han Maoan   

  1. Department of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
  • Received:2003-10-18 Revised:2004-11-30 Online:2006-04-20 Published:2006-04-20
  • Contact: Zhen Jin

Abstract:

In this article, an SIRS epidemic model spread by vectors (mosquitoes) which have an incubation time to become infectious is formulated. It is shown that a disease-free equilibrium point is globally stable if no endemic equilibrium point exists. Further, the endemic equilibrium point (if it exists) is globally stable
with a respect ``weak delay". Some known results are generalized.

Key words: SIRS epidemic model, time delay, global asymptotic stability, lyapunov functional

CLC Number: 

  • 92D30
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