title: Weakly coupled hyperbolic systems modeling the circulation of FeLV in structured feline populations.
abstract: Global existence and regularity results are provided for weakly coupled first order hyperbolic systems modeling the propagation of the Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV), a retrovirus of domestic cats (Felis catus). In a simple example we find a threshold parameter yielding endemic stationary states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, USA. fitz@math.uh.edu
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Fitzgibbon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langlais
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000276:immunology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*