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Modelling the impact of precaution on disease dynamics and its evolution.

Tianyu Cheng¹, Xingfu Zou²

¹Department of Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.

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This study introduces a model for epidemic dynamics incorporating public precaution levels. It shows how evolving behavioral responses to epidemics can lead to stable equilibria or periodic outbreaks.

Keywords:

Bifurcation Infectious disease Non-pharmaceutical interventions Practically susceptible Precaution SIS model Severity of epidemics Stability

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Mathematical Modeling
Behavioral Science

Background:

Public health interventions are crucial for epidemic control.
Understanding the interplay between epidemic severity and public behavior is essential.
Existing models often simplify public response to disease outbreaks.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel framework modeling epidemic dynamics with evolving public precaution levels.
To analyze the impact of behavioral responses on disease spread and long-term dynamics.
To provide a theoretical basis for understanding adaptive public health strategies.

Main Methods:

Developed a general framework model for epidemic dynamics with a practically susceptible population.
Assumed the fraction of susceptible individuals depends on epidemic severity and public precaution.
Analyzed model well-posedness and disease vanishing for basic reproduction number < 1.
Investigated disease dynamics under instantaneous and delayed best response behavioral models.

Main Results:

Confirmed disease extinction when the basic reproduction number is less than 1.
Demonstrated that behavioral responses significantly influence epidemic dynamics.
Showed that instantaneous best response leads to endemic equilibrium.
Identified that delayed best response can result in convergence to equilibrium or periodic solutions.

Conclusions:

The proposed framework offers a more realistic representation of epidemic spread by including evolving public behavior.
The study provides mathematical justification for the use of best response functions in epidemiological models.
Adaptive dynamics, rather than fixed responses, may better explain long-term epidemic patterns.