Dynamics of an SIS Model on Homogeneous Networks with Delayed Reduction of Contact Numbers

During infectious disease outbreaks, people may modify their contact patterns after realizing the risk of infection. In this paper, we assume that individuals make the decision of reducing a fraction of their links when the density of infected individuals exceeds some threshold, but the decision is...

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Main Authors: Maoxing Liu, Gergely Rost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics 2012-12-01
Series:Biomath
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Online Access:http://www.biomathforum.org/biomath/index.php/biomath/article/view/19