Periodic solution and wave front solution for delay equation

First, a general theorem on the existence of periodic solutions for equations with small discrete delay is obtained by employing a technique which is based on a result of the existence of inertial manifold for small discrete delay equation, meanwhile, this general theorem is applied to show the existence of periodic solution for a predator–prey system with small discrete delay. Second, this technique is also used to obtain the existence of travelling wave solution for a host–vector disease model with small discrete delay.