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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Statistical Modeling

Background:

  • Real-world disease spread is complex, involving unknown transmission rates and unpredictable changes.
  • The Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model is a fundamental tool for understanding epidemic dynamics.
  • Identifying disruptions, such as public health interventions or new variants, is crucial for disease control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply Bayesian stochastic filtering for detecting and identifying changepoints in disease transmission rates.
  • To develop a robust method for modeling stochastic SIR models with unknown, time-varying transmission rates.
  • To validate the proposed methodology using real-world pandemic data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Bayesian stochastic filtering techniques within a stochastic SIR model framework.
  • Modeled unknown transmission rates and changepoints as random variables with prior distributions.
  • Employed Brownian motion to indirectly observe the transmission rate, followed by optimal filtering.

Main Results:

  • Successfully detected changepoints in disease transmission rates using Bayesian filtering.
  • Accurately identified the transmission rate itself, even with added stochasticity.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness on a COVID-19 dataset, identifying changepoints linked to public health measures and the Omicron variant in the UK.

Conclusions:

  • Bayesian stochastic filtering provides a powerful approach for analyzing dynamic disease transmission.
  • The method accurately captures real-world complexities, including rate variability and external disruptions.
  • This technique offers valuable insights for epidemiological surveillance and intervention strategies.