Publications by authors named "Paula A Gonzalez-Parra"
Article Synopsis
- The management of infectious diseases is evolving to focus on influencing people's behavior, particularly through social distancing, to lower disease transmission rates.
- Human interactions are crucial for disease spread, as individuals often accept some risk of infection for social benefits, complicating how this behavior is integrated into epidemiological models.
- By incorporating adaptive human behavior into epidemiological-economic models, researchers found that this significantly alters epidemic predictions and informs better social distancing strategies.
A discrete time Susceptible - Asymptomatic - Infectious - Treated - Recovered (SAITR) model is introduced in the context of influenza transmission. We evaluate the potential effect of control measures such as social distancing and antiviral treatment on the dynamics of a single outbreak. Optimal control theory is applied to identify the best way of reducing morbidity and mortality at a minimal cost.
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