Waning immunity can drive repeated waves of infections

In infectious disease models, it is known that mechanisms such as births, seasonality in transmission and pathogen evolution can generate oscillations in infection numbers. We show how waning immunity is also a mechanism that is sufficient on its own to enable sustained oscillations. When previously...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Desmond Z. Lai, Julia R. Gog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2024-01-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2024088?viewType=HTML