2 papers
math.DS2023
The Effect of Vaccination on the Competitive Advantage of Two Strains of an Infectious Disease
Matthew D. Johnston, Bruce Pell, Jared Pemberton +1
We investigate how a population's natural and vaccine immunity affects the competitive balance between two strains of an infectious disease with different epidemiological character…
math.DS2023
A two-strain model of infectious disease spread with asymmetric temporary immunity periods and partial cross-immunity
Matthew D. Johnston, Bruce Pell, David A. Rubel
We introduce a two-strain model with asymmetric temporary immunity periods and partial cross-immunity. We derive explicit conditions for competitive exclusion and coexistence of th…