Threshold dynamics and bifurcation analysis of an SIS patch model with delayed media impact.

In this paper, an susceptible–infected–susceptible (SIS) epidemic patch model with media delay is proposed at first. Then the basic reproduction number R0$\mathcal {R}_0$ is defined, and the threshold dynamics are studied. It is shown that the disease‐free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if R0<1$\mathcal {R}_0<1$ and the disease is uniformly persistent if R0>1$\mathcal {R}_0>1$. When the dispersal rates of susceptible and infected populations are identical and less than a critical value, it is proved that the limiting model has a unique positive equilibrium. Furthermore, the stability of the positive equilibrium and the existence of local and global Hopf bifurcations are obtained. Finally, some numerical simulations are performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]