CAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT DO NOT CONFER IMMUNITY ERADICATE HOST SPECIES?

  • Brian H. Carlson
  • , Horst R. Thieme

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Abstract

In SIS epidemic models with host population dynamics, two classes of incidence functions are identified for their potential to be linked to host extinction. Mildly upper density-dependent incidences are never linked to host extinction. Incidences that are positively homogeneous of degree one are linked to host extinction for certain parameter constellations and to mere host decline for others; a threshold parameter is identified that separates host decline from host extinction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1441-1485
Number of pages45
JournalJournal of Biological Systems
Volume32
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A-Priori Bounds
  • Disease Persistence
  • Host Decline
  • Host Extinction
  • Host Persistence
  • Incidence Function

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Applied Mathematics

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