Heterogeneous population dynamics and scaling laws near epidemic outbreaks

Andreas Widder, Christian Kuehn

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Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the inuence of heterogeneity and stochasticity of the population on the dynamical structure of a basic susceptibleinfected- susceptible (SIS) model. First we prove that, upon a suitable mathematical reformulation of the basic reproduction number, the homogeneous system and the heterogeneous system exhibit a completely analogous global behaviour. Then we consider noise terms to incorporate the uctuation effects and the random import of the disease into the population and analyse the inuence of heterogeneity on warning signs for critical transitions (or tipping points). This theory shows that one may be able to anticipate whether a bifurcation point is close before it happens. We use numerical simulations of a stochastic fast-slow heterogeneous population SIS model and show various aspects of heterogeneity have crucial inuences on the scaling laws that are used as early-warning signs for the homogeneous system. Thus, although the basic structural qualitative dynamical properties are the same for both systems, the quantitative features for epidemic prediction are expected to change and care has to be taken to interpret potential warning signs for disease outbreaks correctly.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1093-1118
Seitenumfang26
FachzeitschriftMathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer5
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Okt. 2016

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