Periodic solution for a stochastic nonautonomous SIR epidemic model with logistic growth

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of a stochastic nonautonomous SIR epidemic model, in which population growth is subject to logistic growth in absence of disease. For the periodic system, we present sufficient conditions for persistence of the epidemic and in the case of persistence, by constructing some suitable Lyapunov functions, we show that there is at least one nontrivial positive periodic solution. One of the most important findings is that random perturbations may be beneficial to formate the periodic solution to the stochastic nonautonomous SIR epidemic model.