Global dynamics of a SEI epidemic model with immigration and generalized nonlinear incidence functional

Abstract

In this paper, the global dynamics of an SEI epidemic model with constant immigration and general nonlinear incidence function is investigated. It is shown that there is neither a disease free equilibrium nor a basic reproduction number for this kind of models containing immigration terms. Moreover, the existence of a unique endemic equilibrium is proved. Using second Lyapunov method, we establish the global stability of the positive equilibrium. For a specific type of incidence function, some numerical simulations are presented to validate the theoretical results.