The effect of delay on contact tracing.
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چکیده
We consider a model for an infectious disease in the onset of an outbreak. We introduce contact tracing incorporating a tracing delay. The effect of randomness in the delay and the effect of the length of this delay in comparison to the infectious period of the disease respectively to a latency period on the effect of tracing, given e.g. by the change of the reproduction number, is analyzed. We focus particularly on the effect of randomness in the tracing delay.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical biosciences
دوره 282 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016