Thresholds and Traveling Waves for the Geographical Spread of Infection

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Abstract

A nonlinear integral equation of mixed Volterra-Fredholm type describing the spatio-temporal development of an epidemic is derived and analysed. Particular attention is paid to the hair-trigger effect and to the travelling wave problem.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-130
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Mathematical Biology
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1978

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