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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Public Health

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  • Confinement strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic led to stratified contact patterns, with close contacts within households and distant contacts between them.
  • These altered contact dynamics significantly influence epidemic transmission patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a minimal mathematical model incorporating household effects into epidemic transmission dynamics.
  • To analyze how household size influences the basic reproduction number (R 0).
  • To discuss the implications of these findings for public health interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a minimal mathematical model within the framework of mean-field theory.
  • Utilizing numerical simulations to analyze epidemic transmission.
  • Investigating the relationship between household size and the reproduction number (R 0).

Main Results:

  • The basic reproduction number (R 0) demonstrates a non-linear dependence on household size.
  • R 0 increases linearly with household size for smaller households.
  • R 0 increases as the square root of household size for larger households.

Conclusions:

  • Household size is a critical factor influencing epidemic spread, with implications for R 0.
  • Findings suggest that public health policies like lockdowns, testing, tracing, and isolation need to consider household structures.
  • The model provides insights into optimizing intervention strategies based on household demographics.