Effects of complexity and seasonality on backward bifurcation in vector-host models.
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SUBMITTER: Bilal S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830785 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
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Effects of complexity and seasonality on backward bifurcation in vector-host models.
Bilal Shakir S Michael Edwin E
Royal Society open science 20180228 2
We study implications of complexity and seasonality in vector-host epidemiological models exhibiting backward bifurcation. Vector-host diseases represent complex infection systems that can vary in the transmission processes and population stages involved in disease progression. Seasonal fluctuations in external forcing factors can also interact in a complex way with internal host factors to govern the transmission dynamics. In backward bifurcation, the insufficiency of <i>R</i><sub>0</sub> < 1 f ...[more]
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