Epidemic-induced local awareness behavior inferred from surveys and genetic sequence data

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العنوان: Epidemic-induced local awareness behavior inferred from surveys and genetic sequence data
المؤلفون: Ódor, Gergely, Karsai, Márton
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Computer Science
Physics (Other)
Quantitative Biology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Physics and Society, Computer Science - Social and Information Networks, Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
الوصف: Behavior-disease models suggest that if individuals are aware and take preventive actions when the prevalence of the disease increases among their close contacts, then the pandemic can be contained in a cost-effective way. To measure the true impact of local awareness behavior on epidemic spreading, we propose an efficient approach to identify superspreading events and assign corresponding Event Containment Scores (ECSs) in clinical genetic sequence data. We validate ECS as a measure of local awareness in simulation experiments, and we find that ECS was correlated positively with policy stringency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we observe a temporary drop in ECS during the Omicron wave in most European countries, matching a survey experiment we carried out at the same time. Our findings bring important insight into the field of awareness modeling through the analysis of large-scale genetic sequence data, one of the most promising data sources in epidemics research.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09983
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2406.09983
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv