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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Mathematical Biology
Public Health

Background:

The 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) presents significant global public health and socioeconomic challenges.
Understanding infectious disease transmission is crucial for developing effective control measures.
Existing models may not fully capture the complexities of viral outbreaks like COVID-19.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel mathematical model for characterizing viral infectious disease transmission.
To develop a simulation method for rapid model analysis.
To evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies against infectious diseases.

Main Methods:

Development of a level-dependent Markov model with an infinite state space.
Implementation of a simulation method incorporating heterogeneous infection.
Model validation using COVID-19 data from Johns Hopkins University via MATLAB simulations.

Main Results:

The proposed model effectively captures the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, with and without interventions.
Simulation results align well with real-world COVID-19 data.
Analysis of model parameters provides insights into transmission dynamics.

Conclusions:

The level-dependent Markov model offers a robust framework for studying infectious diseases with potentially infinite infected individuals.
The model aids in assessing the impact of various intervention strategies.
This work advances the theoretical understanding of mathematical modeling in infectious disease epidemiology.