A theoretical framework for the analysis of the west nile virus epidemic
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V. M. Kenkre, ∗ R. R. Parmenter, I. D. Peixoto, 3 and L. Sadasiv Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 Instituto Balseiro and Centro Atómico Bariloche, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (Dated: March 15, 2004)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical and Computer Modelling
دوره 42 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005