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A model for mosquito-borne epidemic outbreaks with information-dependent protective behaviour

Abstract We investigate a model for a mosquito-borne epidemic in which human hosts may adopt protective behaviour against vector bites in response to information on both past and current disease prevalence. Assuming that mosquitoes can also feed on non-competent hosts (i.e. hosts...

On the Numerical Computation of \({R_0}\) in Periodic Environments

Abstract. We propose a novel approach to approximate the basic reproduction number [Formula: see text] as the spectral radius of the Next-Generation Operator in time-periodic population models by characterizing the latter via evolution semigroups. Once birth/infection and transit...