| Issue |
Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.
Volume 7, Number 3, 2012
Epidemiology
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| Page(s) | 28 - 39 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20127303 | |
| Published online | 06 June 2012 | |
Do Demographic and Disease Structures Affect the Recurrence of Epidemics ?
Dipartimento di Matematica “Giuseppe Peano” Università di
Torino
via Carlo Alberto 10,
10123
Torino,
Italy
⋆ Corresponding author. E-mail: ezio.venturino@unito.it
In this paper we present an epidemic model affecting an age-structured population. We show by numerical simulations that this demographic structure can induce persistent oscillations in the epidemic. The model is then extended to encompass a stage-structured disease within an age-dependent population. In this case as well, persistent oscillations are observed in the infected as well as in the whole population.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 92D25 / 92D30
Key words: age-structured population / stage-structured epidemics
© EDP Sciences, 2012
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