Global stability for a class of mass action systems allowing for latency in tuberculosis

general compartmental model of the spread of an infectious disease with mass action incidence is given. The global stability of this system is completely determined using Lyapunov functions. The general system exhibits the traditional threshold behaviour. The dimension of the system is arbitrary, allowing, in particular, for detailed modelling of the distribution of latency times for tuberculosis. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.