Article ; Online: How heterogeneity in density dependence affects disease spread: when lifestyle matters.
Journal of biological dynamics
2023 Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 2242389
Abstract: People's lifestyles play a major role in disease risk. Some employment sectors and transport modes involve fixed exposures regardless of community size, while in other settings exposure tracks with population density. MERS-CoV, a coronavirus discovered ... ...
Abstract | People's lifestyles play a major role in disease risk. Some employment sectors and transport modes involve fixed exposures regardless of community size, while in other settings exposure tracks with population density. MERS-CoV, a coronavirus discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2012 closely related to those causing SARS and COVID-19, appears to need extended contact time for transmission, making some segments of a community at greater risk than others. We model mathematically how heterogeneity in contact rate structure impacts disease spread, using as a case study a MERS outbreak in two Saudi Arabian communities. We divide the at-risk population into segments with exposure rates either independent of population density or density-dependent. Analysis shows disease spread is minimized for intermediate size populations with a limited proportion of individuals in the density-independent group. In the case study, the high proportion of density-independent exposure may explain the historical outbreak's extinction in the larger city. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Saudi Arabia/epidemiology ; Models, Biological ; Disease Outbreaks ; Life Style |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-07-31 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
ZDB-ID | 2274786-2 |
ISSN | 1751-3766 ; 1751-3758 |
ISSN (online) | 1751-3766 |
ISSN | 1751-3758 |
DOI | 10.1080/17513758.2023.2242389 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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