The effect of global travel on the spread of SARS

Shigui Ruan; Wendi Wang; Simon Asher Levin

doi:10.3934/mbe.2006.3.205

The effect of global travel on the spread of SARS

Shigui Ruan, Wendi Wang, Simon Asher Levin

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Abstract

The goal of this paper is to study the global spread of SARS. We propose a multiregional compartmental model using medical geography theory (central place theory) and regarding each outbreak zone (such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto, and Beijing) as one region. We then study the effect of the travel of individuals (especially the infected and exposed ones) between regions on the global spread of the disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-218
Number of pages	14
Journal	Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2006.3.205
State	Published - Jan 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Modeling and Simulation
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Computational Mathematics
Applied Mathematics

Keywords

Basic reproduction number
Central place theory
Epidemic model
Global travel
Medical geography

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