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Multitype branching and graph product theory of infectious disease outbreaks
1German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures, Rathausallee 12, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany.
Abstract:
The heterogeneity of human populations is a challenge to mathematical descriptions of epidemic outbreaks. Numerical simulations are deployed to account for the many factors influencing the spreading dynamics. Yet, the results from numerical simulations are often as complicated as the reality, leaving us with a sense of confusion about how the different factors account for the simulation results. Here, using a multitype branching together with a graph tensor product approach, I derive a single equation for the effective reproductive number of an infectious disease outbreak. Using this equation I deconvolute the impact of crowd management, targeted testing, contact heterogeneity, stratified vaccination, mask use, and smartphone tracing app use. This equation can be used to gain a basic understanding of infectious disease outbreaks and their simulations.
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