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2013(Vol.5, Issue:20)
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Epidemic Oscillations in a Meta-Population Model

Dong Hu, Zhicheng Lei and Ping Li
Corresponding Author:  Dong Hu 
Submitted: September 30, 2012
Accepted: December 13, 2012
Published: May 15, 2013
Abstract:
The individual mobility and the underlying spatial structure of populations play an important role in epidemic spreading processes. In this study, effects of these two factors on epidemic dynamics in metapopulation systems are investigated by using a discrete Susceptible-Infective-Recovered-Susceptible (SIRS) model. Our extensive numerical Monte Carlo simulations show that both irregular and regular oscillations can be observed, depending on the life cycles of epidemic diseases. Furthermore, the amplitudes of regular oscillations are enlarged by decreasing the move cycle. It is also found that heterogeneous connectivity patterns among subpopulations result in a global infection under fast movement, compared to homogeneous connectivity patterns.

Key words:  Epidemic, metapopulation, oscillation, SIRS model, , ,
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Dong Hu, Zhicheng Lei and Ping Li, . Epidemic Oscillations in a Meta-Population Model. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (20): 4936-4941.
ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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