Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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842851 | Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications | 2009 | 9 Pages |
In this work, we investigate the SIS epidemic reaction–diffusion model under heterogeneous environment studied by Allen et al. in [L.J.S. Allen, B.M. Bolker, Y. Lou, A.L. Nevai, Asymptotic profiles of the steady states for an SIS epidemic reaction–diffusion model, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. A 21 (1) (2008) 1–20]. In the two cases: (1) the diffusion rate dSdS of the susceptible individuals is equal to the diffusion rate dIdI of the infected individuals; (2) β(x)=rγ(x)β(x)=rγ(x) for any fixed constant r∈(0,∞)r∈(0,∞), where β(x)β(x) and γ(x)γ(x) respectively represent the rates of disease transmission and disease recovery, we completely determine the global stability of the disease-free equilibrium and the unique endemic equilibrium (if it exists). Our results partially answer the conjecture proposed by Allen, et al.