title: An incubating diseased-predator ecoepidemic model.
abstract: We present a model for transmissible diseases spreading among predators in a predator-prey system. Upon successful contact, a susceptible individual becomes infected but is not yet able to spread the disease further. After an incubation period, the diseased individual becomes infectious. We investigate the system's equilibria by analytical and numerical means. For a suitable set of parameter values, the system shows persistent oscillations. The model also exhibits bistability of the coexistence equilibrium with the prey-only equilibrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics "Giuseppe Peano", Università di Torino, via Carlo Alberto 10, 10123, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tannoia
authors.forename: Emiliano
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Torre
authors.forename: Ezio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Venturino
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical