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MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 675-686Publisher
AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2007.4.675
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mathematical model; infectious diseases; final epidemic size; peak epidemic size; disease control
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Two SEIR models with quarantine and isolation axe considered, in which the latent and infectious periods axe assumed to have an exponential and gamma distribution, respectively. Previous studies have suggested (based on numerical observations) that a gamma distribution model (GDM) tends to predict a larger epidemic peak value and shorter duration than an exponential distribution model (EDM). By deriving analytic formulas for the maximum and final epidemic sizes of the two models, we demonstrate that either GDM or EDM may predict a larger epidemic peak or final epidemic size, depending on control measures. These formulas are helpful not only for understanding how model assumptions may affect the predictions, but also for confirming that it is important to assume realistic distributions of latent and infectious periods when the model is used for public health policy making.
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