Title :
A Model for Tuberculosis with Various Latent Periods
Author :
Jia, Zhong-Wei ; Li, Xiao-Wen ; Jin, Zhen ; Feng, Dan ; Cao, Wu-Chun
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing
fDate :
July 30 2007-Aug. 1 2007
Abstract :
This paper presents a mathematical model to evaluate the impact of different latent periods on the epidemic of tuberculosis. Analysis results show that the disease-free equilibrium P0 is globally asymptotically stable and disease is eliminated from population if R0 les 1. However, the proof of stability of the unique endemic equilibrium P* is still a challege. Numerical simulation demonstrates that P* is globally asymptotically stable if R0 > 1.
Keywords :
asymptotic stability; diseases; numerical analysis; asymptotic stability; disease-free equilibrium; latent periods; mathematical model; numerical simulation; tuberculosis epidemic; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Diseases; Distributed computing; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Pathogens; Remote sensing; Software engineering; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, 2007. SNPD 2007. Eighth ACIS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2909-7
DOI :
10.1109/SNPD.2007.63
