An Epidemic Model With Time-Distributed Recovery and Death Rates

Authors

Samiran Ghosh
Vitaly Volpert
Malay Banerjee

Language

English

Publication Date

6-28-2022

Journal

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

DOI

10.1007/s11538-022-01028-0

PMID

35763126

PMCID

PMC9243747

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

June 2022

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

A compartmental epidemiological model with distributed recovery and death rates is proposed. In some particular cases, the model can be reduced to the conventional SIR model. However, in general, the dynamics of epidemic progression in this model is different. Distributed recovery and death rates are evaluated from COVID-19 data. The model is validated by the epidemiological data for different countries, and it shows better agreement with the data than the SIR model. The time-dependent disease transmission rate is estimated.

Keywords

COVID-19, Epidemics, Humans, Mathematical Concepts, Models, Biological

Recommended Citation

Samiran Ghosh, Vitaly Volpert, and Malay Banerjee, "An Epidemic Model With Time-Distributed Recovery and Death Rates" (2022). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 281.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthsph_docs/281