Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

We have come a long way since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—from hoarding toilet
paper and wiping down groceries to sending our children back to school and vaccinating …

Background Social distancing measures (eg, avoiding travel, limiting physical contact with
people outside of one's household, and maintaining a 1 or 2-metre distance between self …

Cost-effectiveness analysis is a mode of determining both the cost and economic health
outcomes of one or more control interventions. In this work, we have formulated a non …

About a year into the pandemic, COVID-19 accumulates more than two million deaths
worldwide. Despite non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distance, mask …

In the absence of drugs and vaccines, policymakers use non-pharmaceutical interventions
such as social distancing to decrease rates of disease-causing contact, with the aim of …

When effective medical treatment and vaccination are not available, non-pharmaceutical
interventions such as social distancing, home quarantine and far-reaching shutdown of …

Pandemic is an unprecedented public health situation, especially for human beings with
comorbidity. Vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions only remain extensive …

Reinfection and multiple viral strains are among the latest challenges in the current COVID-
19 pandemic. In contrast, epidemic models often consider a single strain and perennial …

Pattern formation arising from the reaction-diffusion epidemic model is a space-time
depiction of the distribution and transmission of infectious diseases. Disease control can be …