Open AccessEpidemic characteristics of two classic models and the dependence on the initial conditions
Author(s) -
Jianquan Li,
Yiqun Li,
Yali Yang
Publication year - 2016
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.2016027
Subject(s) - epidemic model , basic reproduction number , mathematics , statistics , population , outbreak , mathematical model , demography , econometrics , biology , virology , sociology
The epidemic characteristics, including the epidemic final size, peak, and turning point, of two classical SIR models with disease-induced death are investigated when a small initial value of the infective population is released. The models have mass-action (i.e. bilinear), or density dependent (i.e. standard) incidence, respectively. For the two models, the conditions that determining whether the related epidemic characteristics of an epidemic outbreak appear are explicitly determine by rigorous mathematical analysis. The dependence of the epidemic final size on the initial values of the infective class is demonstrated. The peak, turning point (if it exists) and the corresponding time are found. The obtained results suggest that their basic reproduction numbers are one factor determining the epidemic characteristics, but not the only one. The characteristics of the two models depend on the initial values and proportions of various compartments as well. At last, the similarities and differences of the epidemic characteristics between the two models are discussed.