Optimal vaccination program for two infectious diseases with cross immunity
Populations and Evolution
2021-05-26 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
There are often multiple diseases with cross immunity competing for vaccination resources. Here we investigate the optimal vaccination program in a two-layer Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) model, where two diseases with cross immunity spread in the same population, and vaccines for both diseases are available. We identify three scenarios of the optimal vaccination program, which prevents the outbreaks of both diseases at the minimum cost. We analytically derive a criterion to specify the optimal program based on the costs for different vaccines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2011.14255,
title = {Optimal vaccination program for two infectious diseases with cross immunity},
author = {Yang Ye and Qingpeng Zhang and Zhidong Cao and Daniel Dajun Zeng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.14255},
year = {2021}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures