The effect of host population heterogeneity on epidemic outbreaks
Publication date
2024-02-05
Authors
Bootsma, Martin
Chan, Danny
Diekmann, O.
Inaba, Hisashi
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Abstract
In the first part of this paper, we review old and new results about the influence of host population heterogeneity on (various characteristics of) epidemic outbreaks. In the second part we highlight a modelling issue that so far has received little attention: how do contact patterns, and hence transmission opportunities, depend on the size and the composition of the host population? Without any claim on completeness, we offer a range of potential (quasi-mechanistic) submodels. The overall aim of the paper is to describe the state-of-the-art and to catalyse new work.
Keywords
Kermack-McKendrick, epidemic outbreak model, static heterogeneity, final size, contact structures, herd immunity threshold, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Citation
Bootsma, M, Chan, D, Diekmann, O & Inaba, H 2024, 'The effect of host population heterogeneity on epidemic outbreaks', Mathematics in Applied Sciences and Engineering, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-35. https://doi.org/10.5206/mase/16718