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Hayriye Gulbudak1, Zhuolin Qu2, Fabio Milner3

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Sensitivity Analysis (SA) reveals how within-host immunological factors significantly impact disease spread. Targeting pathogen growth within hosts can effectively reduce overall disease prevalence and control epidemics.

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Area of Science:

  • Integrative immunology and epidemiology
  • Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases
  • Vector-borne disease dynamics

Background:

  • Sensitivity Analysis (SA) traditionally assesses population-level epidemic models.
  • Existing models often overlook the crucial link between within-host immunology and population-level disease dynamics.
  • Integrating individual-level immune responses with population-level spread is vital for understanding disease control and informing medical interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply SA to immuno-epidemiological models, bridging the gap between within-host and population-level disease dynamics.
  • To investigate the influence of immunological parameters on key epidemiological metrics like the basic reproduction number and epidemic size.
  • To evaluate the impact of within-host viral dynamics on disease transmission and prevalence.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an age-since-infection structured vector-host model.
  • Formulation of epidemiological parameters as functions of within-host virus and antibody densities, governed by an ordinary differential equation (ODE) system.
  • Application of SA to quantify the impact of immunological parameters on epidemiological outcomes, using Rift Valley Fever Disease as a case study.

Main Results:

  • SA demonstrated significant correlations between within-host pathogen growth rates and population-level disease quantities.
  • Increases in within-host pathogen growth rate led to substantial rises in steady-state infected host abundance and infectiousness.
  • The study quantified the impact of immunological parameters on the basic reproduction number ([Formula: see text]) and overall epidemic size.

Conclusions:

  • Within-host immunological parameters, particularly pathogen growth rate, critically influence population-level disease dynamics.
  • Strategies aimed at reducing within-host pathogen growth show potential for significantly decreasing disease prevalence.
  • Integrating immunological insights into epidemiological models enhances our understanding of disease spread and informs targeted control strategies.