Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111063zbMath1489.92153OpenAlexW4220701094MaRDI QIDQ2137416

Carlos Penha-Gonçalves, Rodrigo M. Corder, Jessica G. King, Caetano Souto-Maior, Maria Chikina, Guilherme Gonçalves, M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Wesley Pegden, Ricardo Águas

Publication date: 16 May 2022

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8855661

zbMATH Keywords

epidemic modelCOVID-19herd immunity thresholdfrailty variationindividual variationselection within cohorts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30)

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Uses Software

• PESTO

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