Abstract
We develop a multi-group epidemic framework via virtual dispersal where the risk of infection is a function of the residence time and local environmental risk. This novel approach eliminates the need to define and measure contact rates that are used in the traditional multi-group epidemic models with heterogeneous mixing. We apply this approach to a general n-patch SIS model whose basic reproduction number \({\mathcal {R}}_0 \) is computed as a function of a patch residence-time matrix \({\mathbb {P}}\). Our analysis implies that the resulting n-patch SIS model has robust dynamics when patches are strongly connected: There is a unique globally stable endemic equilibrium when \({\mathcal {R}}_0>1 \), while the disease-free equilibrium is globally stable when \({\mathcal {R}}_0\le 1 \). Our further analysis indicates that the dispersal behavior described by the residence-time matrix \({\mathbb {P}}\) has profound effects on the disease dynamics at the single patch level with consequences that proper dispersal behavior along with the local environmental risk can either promote or eliminate the endemic in particular patches. Our work highlights the impact of residence-time matrix if the patches are not strongly connected. Our framework can be generalized in other endemic and disease outbreak models. As an illustration, we apply our framework to a two-patch SIR single-outbreak epidemic model where the process of disease invasion is connected to the final epidemic size relationship. We also explore the impact of disease-prevalence-driven decision using a phenomenological modeling approach in order to contrast the role of constant versus state-dependent \({\mathbb {P}}\) on disease dynamics.
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These studies were made possible by grant #1R01GM100471-01 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health. The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of DHS or NIGMS. Research of Y.K. is partially supported by NSF-DMS (1313312). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. The authors are grateful to two anonymous referees for helpful comments and suggestions which led to an improvement of this paper.
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Computation of \({\mathcal {R}}_0\)
Proof
The general SIS model with residence time is described by the system (6)
The right-hand member of the above system can be clearly decomposed as \({\mathcal {F}}+{\mathcal {V}}\) where
The Jacobian matrix at the DFE of \({\mathcal {F}}\) and \({\mathcal {V}}\) is given by:
The basic reproduction number \({\mathcal {R}}_0\) is given by the spectral radius of the next-generation matrix \(-FV^{-1}\) (Diekmann et al. 1990; Driessche and Watmough 2002). Hence, we deduce that
\(\square \)
Appendix 2: Proof of Theorem 2.1
The proof uses the method in Iggidr et al. (2012) which is based on Hirsch’s theorem (Hirsch 1984).
Theorem 5.1
(Hirsch 1984) Let \(\dot{x}=F(x)\) be a cooperative differential equation for which \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) is invariant , the origin is an equilibrium, each DF(x) is irreducible, and that all orbits are bounded. Suppose that
Then, all orbits in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) tend to zero or there is a unique equilibrium \(p^*\) in the interior of \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) and all orbits in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) tend to \(p^*\).
Proof of Theorem 2.1
Equation (6) can be written as:
where \(F=\text {diag}(\bar{N}){\mathbb {P}}\text {diag}({\mathcal {B}})\text {diag}(\tilde{N})^{-1}{\mathbb {P}}^t\) and \(V=-\text {diag}(d_I+\gamma _I)\), as defined in “Appendix 1.” Let us denote by X(I) the semi-flow induced by (14). Hence,
where \(W(I_1,I_2)={\text {diag}}({\mathbb {P}}{\text {diag}}({\mathcal {B}}){\text {diag}}(\tilde{N})^{-1}{\mathbb {P}}^t I)\). Since \({\mathbb {P}}\) is irreducible and \(I\le \bar{N}\), DX(I) is clearly Metzler irreducible matrix. That means, the flow is strongly monotone. Plus, DX(I) is clearly decreasing with respect of I. Hence, by Hirsch’s theorem all trajectories either go to zero or go to an equilibrium point \(\bar{I}\gg 0\). From the relation (15), we have \(DX(0)=F+V\) where F and V are the one defined previously in “Appendix 1.” However, since F a nonnegative matrix and V is Metzler, we have the following equivalence
where \(\alpha (F+V)\) is the stability modulus, i.e., the largest real part of eigenvalues, of \(F+V\) and \(\rho (-FV^{-1})\) the spectral radius of \(-FV^{-1}\). Hence, the DFE is globally asymptotically stable if \({\mathcal {R}}_0=\rho (-FV^{-1})<1\). And if \({\mathcal {R}}_0>1\), i.e., \(\alpha (F+V)>0\), the DFE is unstable (Driessche and Watmough 2002). Since, we have proved that DX(I) is a Metzler matrix, to prove the local stability of the endemic equilibrium \(\bar{I}\gg 0\), we only need to prove that it exists \(w\gg 0\) such that \(DX(\bar{I})w<0\) (Berman and Plemmons 1994). The endemic equilibrium \(\bar{I}\gg 0\) satisfies the equation
Hence,
Hence, with \(w=\bar{I}\), we deduce that \(\bar{I}\) is locally stable. With the attractivity of \(\bar{I}\) guaranteed Hirsh’s theorem, we conclude that the endemic equilibrium \(\bar{I}\gg 0\) is globally asymptotically stable if \({\mathcal {R}}_0>1\).
Finally, if \({\mathcal {R}}_0=1\), we have \(\alpha (F+V)=0\). It exists \(c\gg 0\) such that \((F+V)^tc=0\). By considering the Lyapunov function \(V=\left\langle c |I\right\rangle \). This function is definite positive and its derivation along the trajectories if (14) is
Plus \(\dot{V}=0\) only at the DFE. Hence, the DFE is GAS if \({\mathcal {R}}_0=1\). This completes the proof of the Theorem 2.1. \(\square \)
Appendix 3: Proof of Theorem 2.2
Proof
Since System (6) has an attracting compact \(\Omega \), then according to Theorem (2.1), we can expect that \(\lim _{t\rightarrow \infty } I_i(t)<\frac{b_i}{d_i}\); thus, for time large enough, we can have \(\frac{b_i}{d_i}-I_i>0\), therefore we have
which indicates that when \({\mathcal {R}}_0^i({\mathbb {P}})>1 \)
Then apply the average Lyapunov Theorem (Hutson 1984), we can conclude that \(\liminf _{t\rightarrow \infty } I_i(t)>0\); i.e., the disease in the residence Patch i is persistent if \({\mathcal {R}}_0^i({\mathbb {P}})>1 \) .
If \(p_{ij}>0\) and \(p_{kj}=0\) for all \(k=1,\ldots ,n, \text{ and } k\ne i\), this implies that if there is a portion of the residence Patch i population flowing into the residence Patch j, then there is no other residence Patch k where \(k\ne j\), i.e.,
which also implies that
then we can conclude that Model (6) can have an equilibrium since under these conditions,
Therefore, if the conditions \(p_{kj}=0\) for all \(k=1,\ldots ,n, \text{ and } k\ne j\) whenever \(p_{ij}>0\) hold, then we have
Therefore, \(I_i=0\) is the invariant manifold for Model (6).
On the other hand, when these conditions hold, then we have
Therefore, if \({\mathcal {R}}_0^i({\mathbb {P}})=R_0^i \times \sum _{j=1}^n \left( \frac{\beta _j}{\beta _i}\right) p_{ij}<1\), then we have the following inequality:
Therefore, we have \(\lim _{t\rightarrow \infty } I_i(t)=0\); i.e., there is no endemic in the residence Patch i. \(\square \)
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Bichara, D., Kang, Y., Castillo-Chavez, C. et al. SIS and SIR Epidemic Models Under Virtual Dispersal. Bull Math Biol 77, 2004–2034 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-015-0113-5
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Keywords
- Epidemiology
- SIS–SIR models
- Dispersal
- Residence times
- Global stability
- Adaptive behavior
- Final size relationship