title: Multiple epidemic waves in delayed susceptible-infected-recovered models on complex networks.
abstract: We consider a delayed susceptible-infected-recovered epidemic model on an uncorrelated complex network and address the effect of time lag on the shape and multiple waves of epidemic curves. We show that when the transmission rate is above a threshold, a large delay can cause multiple waves with larger amplitudes in the second and subsequent waves.
authors: College of Mathematics and Econometrics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China. hnsfz2008@gmail.com
authors: Shaofen
authors: S
authors: Zou
authors: Jianhong
authors: J
authors: Wu
authors: Yuming
authors: Y
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D058872:Epidemics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013997:Time Factors