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. 1978 Jul 27;6(2):109-30.
doi: 10.1007/BF02450783.

Thresholds and travelling waves for the geographical spread of infection

O Diekmann

Thresholds and travelling waves for the geographical spread of infection

O Diekmann. J Math Biol. .

Abstract

A nonlinear integral equation of mixed Volterra--Fredholm type describing the spatio-temporal development of an epidemic is derived and analysed. Particular attention is paid to the hair-trigger effect and to the travelling wave problem.

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