Dynamics of epidemic diseases without guaranteed immunity,Journal of Mathematics in Industry

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Dynamics of epidemic diseases without guaranteed immunity
Journal of Mathematics in Industry ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 , DOI: 10.1186/s13362-021-00101-y
Kurt Langfeld ₁

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The pandemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) suggests a novel type of disease spread dynamics. We here study the case where infected agents recover and only develop immunity if they are continuously infected for some time τ. For large τ, the disease model is described by a statistical field theory. Hence, the phases of the underlying field theory characterise the disease dynamics: (i) a pandemic phase and (ii) a response regime. The statistical field theory provides an upper bound of the peak rate of infected agents. An effective control strategy needs to aim to keep the disease in the response regime (no ‘second’ wave). The model is tested at the quantitative level using an idealised disease network. The model excellently describes the epidemic spread of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the city of Wuhan, China. We find that only 30% of the recovered agents have developed immunity.

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