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An age-structured SEIR epidemic model of a vertically as well as horizontally transmitted disease is investigated. Threshold results for the existence of endemic states are established for most cases. Under certain conditions, uniqueness is also shown. Threshold used are explicitly computable in term of demographic and epidemiological parameters of the model.
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Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (No. 0312002000 and No. 0211044800) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10371105).
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LI, X., CHEN, J. Existence and Uniqueness of Endemic States for the Age-Structured Seir Epidemic Model. Jrl Syst Sci & Complex 19, 114–127 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-006-0114-4
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