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Threshold of a regime-switching SIRS epidemic model with a ratio-dependent incidence rate

  • Northeast Normal University
  • King Abdulaziz University
  • China University of Petroleum (East China)
  • Quaid-I-Azam University

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the dynamical behavior of a regime-switching SIRS epidemic model with a ratio-dependent incidence rate. We propose a stochastic reproduction number R0 S which can be regarded as a threshold to use in identifying the stochastic extinction and persistence: if R0 S<1, the disease dies out exponentially with probability one; while if R0 S>1, there exists a unique ergodic stationary distribution of the positive solutions to the system which implies the stochastic persistence of the infectious disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)614-625
Number of pages12
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume521
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2019
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Extinction
  • Markov switching
  • Ratio-dependent incidence rate
  • Stationary distribution and ergodicity
  • Threshold

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