Application of stochastic inequalities to global analysis of a nonlinear stochastic SIRS epidemic model with saturated treatment function

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new nonlinear stochastic SIRS epidemic model with standard incidence rate and saturated treatment function. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the threshold dynamics of the nonlinear stochastic SIRS epidemic model by making use of stochastic inequality techniques. By using Lyapunov methods and Itô’s formula, we first prove the existence and uniqueness of a global positive solution for the corresponding limiting system. Furthermore, we obtain sufficient conditions for the extinction and persistence in mean of the nonlinear stochastic SIRS epidemic model by using the techniques of a series of stochastic inequalities. Finally, we provide some numerical simulations to illustrate the performance of our theoretical findings.