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Epidemiological indices with multiple circulating pathogen strains.

Cristiano Trevisin^1,2, Lorenzo Mari³, Marino Gatto³

¹Laboratory of Ecohydrology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 2, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.

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Summary

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New epidemiological models accounting for SARS-CoV-2 variants improve epidemic forecasting. Variant-aware indicators detect early growth, enabling better control measures for infectious disease epidemics.

Keywords:

COVID-19 Epidemic control Epidemicity indices Infectious diseases Reproduction numbers Variants

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Epidemiology
Mathematical Biology
Public Health

Background:

Epidemiological indicators like reproduction numbers and epidemicity indices track epidemic behavior.
Current models fail to account for pathogen variants with differing infectivity and severity.
This limitation hinders early detection of variant-specific growth, impacting prognostic value.

Purpose of the Study:

To expand existing frameworks for epidemiological metrics to incorporate pathogen variants.
To improve the prognostic capability of epidemiological indicators for infectious diseases.
To enable the development of more targeted control strategies.

Main Methods:

Developed a framework to compute spatially explicit reproduction numbers and epidemicity indices for multiple variants.
Analyzed COVID-19 pandemic data from Italy.
Integrated variant composition data into epidemiological modeling.

Main Results:

Epidemiological metrics exceeded thresholds upon new variant emergence, preceding observable increases in total infections.
Variant demography identified specific strains growing faster than the overall epidemic.
The enhanced model revealed insights not apparent in standard analyses.

Conclusions:

Variant-aware epidemiological indicators provide earlier warnings of potential outbreaks.
Accounting for variant-specific features enhances the accuracy and prognostic value of epidemic monitoring.
This approach allows for more effective, tailored control measures against evolving infectious diseases.