Open AccessThe effect of global travel on the spread of SARS
Author(s) -
Shigui Ruan,
Wendi Wang,
Simon A. Levin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mathematical biosciences and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.451
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1551-0018
pISSN - 1547-1063
DOI - 10.3934/mbe.2006.3.205
Subject(s) - beijing , outbreak , covid-19 , geography , economic geography , meteorology , regional science , china , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , biology , medicine , archaeology , pathology
The goal of this paper is to study the global spread of SARS. We propose a multiregional compartmental model using medical geography theory (central place theory) and regarding each outbreak zone (such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto, and Beijing) as one region. We then study the effect of the travel of individuals (especially the infected and exposed ones) between regions on the global spread of the disease.