A new perspective on infection forces with demonstration by a DDE infectious disease model

In this paper, we revisit the notion of infection force from a new angle which can offer a new perspective to motivate and justify some infection force functions. Our approach can not only explain many existing infection force functions in the literature, it can also motivate new forms of infection...

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Main Authors: Tianyu Cheng, Xingfu Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2022-03-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2022227?viewType=HTML