A stochastic epidemic model with two age groups is established in this study,in which the susceptible(S),the exposed(E),the infected(I),the hospitalized(H)and the recovered(R)are involved within the total population,t...A stochastic epidemic model with two age groups is established in this study,in which the susceptible(S),the exposed(E),the infected(I),the hospitalized(H)and the recovered(R)are involved within the total population,the aging rates between two age groups are set to be constant.The existence-and-uniqueness of global positive solution is firstly showed.Then,by constructing several appropriate Lyapunov functions and using the high-dimensional Itô’s formula,the sufficient conditions for the stochastic extinction and stochastic persistence of the exposed individuals and the infected individuals are obtained.The stochastic extinction indicator and the stochastic persistence indicator are less-valued expressions compared with the basic reproduction number.Meanwhile,the main results of this study are modified into multi-age groups.Furthermore,by using the surveillance data for Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Fuzhou COVID-19 epidemic is chosen to carry out the numerical simulations,which show that the age group of the population plays the vital role when studying infectious diseases.展开更多
针对2019年底暴发的新型冠状病毒肺炎,中国政府采取了一系列严格的防控措施,其中起关键作用的是普通民众的居家隔离与密切接触者的追踪隔离.建立新型冠状病毒传播与控制动力学模型,定量评估这两项措施的有效性.利用下一代矩阵法计算了...针对2019年底暴发的新型冠状病毒肺炎,中国政府采取了一系列严格的防控措施,其中起关键作用的是普通民众的居家隔离与密切接触者的追踪隔离.建立新型冠状病毒传播与控制动力学模型,定量评估这两项措施的有效性.利用下一代矩阵法计算了基本再生数和有效再生数,给出了有效再生数的极限范围,分析了模型的动力学特征.以安徽省为例,利用MCMC(Markov chain Monte Carlo)参数估计方法进行数值拟合,得到安徽省新型冠状病毒传播模型的基本再生数为0.4021(95%CI:0.3973~-0.4070),有效再生数的极限范围为[0,0.048745].随着隔离措施的有效实施,安徽省的有效再生数迅速下降到0.05以下并趋于0.048735,疫情及时得到了控制.如果没有采取这些隔离措施,基本再生数为2.1030(95%CI:2.0804~2.1255),疾病将会在人群中持续传播.通过参数敏感性分析,发现加强密切跟踪隔离力度,即增加染病者的隔离速率系数,能够有效降低基本再生数;加强居家隔离力度,即增加易感者的隔离速率系数与减少易感者的隔离解除速率系数,有助于降低有效再生数极限范围的上界.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(61911530398,12231012)Consultancy Project by the Chinese Academy of Engineering(2022-JB-06,2023-JB-12)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China(2021J01621)Special Projects of the Central Government Guiding Local Science and Technology Development(2021L3018)Royal Society of Edinburgh(RSE1832)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EP/W522521/1).
文摘A stochastic epidemic model with two age groups is established in this study,in which the susceptible(S),the exposed(E),the infected(I),the hospitalized(H)and the recovered(R)are involved within the total population,the aging rates between two age groups are set to be constant.The existence-and-uniqueness of global positive solution is firstly showed.Then,by constructing several appropriate Lyapunov functions and using the high-dimensional Itô’s formula,the sufficient conditions for the stochastic extinction and stochastic persistence of the exposed individuals and the infected individuals are obtained.The stochastic extinction indicator and the stochastic persistence indicator are less-valued expressions compared with the basic reproduction number.Meanwhile,the main results of this study are modified into multi-age groups.Furthermore,by using the surveillance data for Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Fuzhou COVID-19 epidemic is chosen to carry out the numerical simulations,which show that the age group of the population plays the vital role when studying infectious diseases.
文摘针对2019年底暴发的新型冠状病毒肺炎,中国政府采取了一系列严格的防控措施,其中起关键作用的是普通民众的居家隔离与密切接触者的追踪隔离.建立新型冠状病毒传播与控制动力学模型,定量评估这两项措施的有效性.利用下一代矩阵法计算了基本再生数和有效再生数,给出了有效再生数的极限范围,分析了模型的动力学特征.以安徽省为例,利用MCMC(Markov chain Monte Carlo)参数估计方法进行数值拟合,得到安徽省新型冠状病毒传播模型的基本再生数为0.4021(95%CI:0.3973~-0.4070),有效再生数的极限范围为[0,0.048745].随着隔离措施的有效实施,安徽省的有效再生数迅速下降到0.05以下并趋于0.048735,疫情及时得到了控制.如果没有采取这些隔离措施,基本再生数为2.1030(95%CI:2.0804~2.1255),疾病将会在人群中持续传播.通过参数敏感性分析,发现加强密切跟踪隔离力度,即增加染病者的隔离速率系数,能够有效降低基本再生数;加强居家隔离力度,即增加易感者的隔离速率系数与减少易感者的隔离解除速率系数,有助于降低有效再生数极限范围的上界.
