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# Asymptotic speed of propagation and traveling wavefronts for a SIR epidemic model

• In this article, the well-posedness of the initial value problem, the existence of traveling wavefronts and the asymptotic speed of propagation for a SIR epidemic model with stage structure and nonlocal response are studied. We further show that the minimum wave speed in fact coincides with the asymptotic speed of propagation.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K57, 37B40; Secondary: 92D30.

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