| publication name | Threshold and stability results for an sirs epidemic model with a general periodic vaccination strategy |
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| Authors | I A Moneim and D. Greenhalgh |
| year | 2011 |
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| journal | Journal of Biological Systems · |
| volume | 13 |
| issue | (02) |
| pages | DOI: 10.1142/S0218339005001446 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
An SIRS epidemic model with general periodic vaccination strategy is analyzed. This periodic vaccination strategy is discussed first for an SIRS model with seasonal variation in the contact rate of period T= 1 year. We start with the case where the vaccination strategy and the contact rate have the same period and then discuss the case where the period of the vaccination strategy is LT, where L is an integer. We investigate whether a periodic vaccination strategy may force the epidemic dynamics to have periodic behavior.