On stability and bifurcation of solutions of an SEIR epidemic model with vertical transmission

Abstract

A four‐dimensional SEIR epidemic model is considered. The stability of the equilibria is established. Hopf bifurcation and center manifold theories are applied for a reduced three‐dimensional epidemic model. The boundedness, dissipativity, persistence, global stability, and Hopf‐Andronov‐Poincaré bifurcation for the four‐dimensional epidemic model are studied.