Herd immunity under individual variation and reinfection

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We study a susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered (SEIR) model considered by Aguas et al. (In: Herd immunity thresholds for SARS-CoV-2 estimated from unfolding epidemics, 2021), Gomes et al. (In: J Theor Biol. 540:111063, 2022) where individuals are assumed to differ in their susceptibility or exposure to infection. Under this heterogeneity assumption, epidemic growth is effectively suppressed when the percentage of the population having acquired immunity surpasses a critical level - the herd immunity threshold - that is lower than in homogeneous populations. We derive explicit formulas to calculate herd immunity thresholds and stable configurations, especially when susceptibility or exposure are gamma distributed, and explore extensions of the model.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Journal of mathematical biology - 85(2022), 1 vom: 30. Juni, Seite 2

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Montalbán, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Corder, Rodrigo M [VerfasserIn]
Gomes, M Gabriela M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Effective reproduction number
Herd immunity threshold
Individual variation
Journal Article
SEIR model
Selection

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Date Completed 04.07.2022

Date Revised 04.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00285-022-01771-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342943421