%0 Journal Article %T Singularity and symmetry analyses of mathematical models of epidemics %A M. C. Nucci %A P. G.L. Leach %J South African Journal of Science %D 2010 %I Academy of Science of South Africa %R 10.4102/sajs.v105i3/4.66 %X We present a summary of the methods of Lie symmetry and Painlev¨¦ singularity analyses and apply them to a number of wellknown epidemiological models to demonstrate the utility of these analyses in the analysis of dynamical systems which arise during investigations of the evolution of diseases. %U http://www.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/66