Affiliation:
1. Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Abstract
We explore the effects of cross-diffusion dynamics in epidemiological models. Using reaction–diffusion models of infectious disease, we explicitly consider situations where an individual in a category will move according to the concentration of individuals in other categories. Namely, we model susceptible individuals moving away from infected and infectious individuals. Here, we show that including these cross-diffusion dynamics results in a delay in the onset of an epidemic and an increase in the total number of infectious individuals. This representation provides more realistic spatiotemporal dynamics of the disease classes in an Erlang SEIR model and allows us to study how spatial mobility, due to social behavior, can affect the spread of an epidemic. We found that tailored control measures, such as targeted testing, contact tracing, and isolation of infected individuals, can be more effective in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases while minimizing the negative impact on society and the economy.
Funder
DMS Program of the National Science Foundation under CAREER
Rochester Institute of Technology and University of South Carolina Grant/Cooperative
Subject
General Mathematics,Engineering (miscellaneous),Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Cited by
4 articles.
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