Vaccination Strategies: a comparative study in an epidemic scenario

[摘要] Epidemics are an extremely important matter of study within the Mathematical Modeling area and can be widely found in the literature. Some epidemiological models use differential equations, which are very sensible to parameters, to represent and describe the diseases mathematically. For this work, a variation of the SIR model is discussed and applied to a certain epidemic scenario, wherein vaccination is introduced through two different strategies: constant vaccination and vaccination in pulses. Other epidemiological and population aspects are also considered, such as mortality/natality and infection rates. The analysis and results are performed through numerical solutions of the model and a special attention is given to the discussion generated by the paramenters variation.

[发布机构] Universidade Federal Dos Vales Do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, MG, Brazil^1

[效力级别] 数学

[关键词] Comparative studies;Epidemiological models;Infection rates;Numerical solution;SIR model;Vaccination strategy