In this paper, applying Lyapunov functional approach, we establish sufficient conditions under which each equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable for a class of multi-group SIR epidemic models. The incidence rate is given by nonlinear incidence rates and distributed delays incorporating not only an exchange of individuals between patches through migration but also cross patch infection between different groups. We show that nonlinear incidence rates and distributed delays have no influence on the global stability, but patch structure has. Moreover, the present results generalize known results on the global stability of a heroin model with two delays considered in the recent literatures. We also offer new techniques to prove the boundedness of the solutions, the existence of the endemic equilibrium and permanence of the model
