SIR Epidemic Models CS 390/590

Fall 2009

Why SIR models?

Infectious diseases kill millions of people world-wide
Malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS

New diseases emerge suddenly and spread quickly

SARS, West Nile Virus, HIV, Avian Influenza

Effective and fast control measures are needed Models allow you to predict (estimate) when you dont KNOW
What are the costs and benefits of different control strategies? When should there be quarantines? Who should receive vaccinations? When should wildlife or domestic animals be killed? Which human populations are most vulnerable? How many people are likely to be infected? To get sick? To die?

Epidemic Spread as a CAS

How much can scientists hope to predict?

Simple SIR Model

Susceptibles (S) have no immunity from the disease. Infecteds (I) have the disease and can spread it to others. Recovereds (R) have recovered from the disease and are immune to
further infection.

SIR Differential Equation Model

Change in Recovered Population dR/dt = aI a is recovery rate if illness (infectious period) lasts two days, then a = 0.5/day Change in the Susceptible Population The # of possible contacts that spread infection is SI. Without births or immigration, S can only decrease dS/dt =rSI, r is the transmission constant (infection rate) r is % of the possible contacts that result in the disease being spread r represents disease infectiousness & population interactions Change in Infected Population Only susceptibles become infected, and all infecteds recover. What I gains comes from what S has lost; and what I loses, R gains. dI/dt =dS/dt dR/dt = rSI-aI

Lipsitch (et al 2003) SARS SEIR Model predicts the effect of quarantine Susceptible-Exposeds-Infecteds-Recovereds Exposed (E) population is not yet infected
Simplifying assumptions
1. There are no births. 2. The only deaths are because of SARS. 3. The number of contacts of an infected individual with a susceptible person is constant and does not depend on the population density. 4. For susceptible individuals with exposure to the disease, the quarantine proportion (q) is the same for non-infected as for infected people. 5. Quarantine and isolation are completely effective. Someone who has the disease and is in quarantine or isolation cannot spread the disease.

Transmission requires an S to contact an IU

Reproductive Rate of the Pathogen

The reproductive number R0 is the expected number of secondary cases from each infectious case
R0 > 1 leads to exponential growth At stage n of the spread, R0n new people get infected

One infectious person eventually gives rise to R0 =kb / (v +m +w) secondary infectious cases of SARS.

Rate of spread from IU to S

b:probability that contact between IU and S spreads SARS k: contacts per day between IU and S

Rate of leaving IU (without entering S)

mper capita death rate (from SARS) vper capita recovery rate wprobability per day of IU transferred to ID

With quarantine R0 = (1 q) kb / (v +m +w)

Metrics of the epidemic

The reproductive number R0 is the expected number of secondary cases from each infectious case
R0 > 1 leads to exponential growth At stage n of the spread, R0n new people get infected

R0 determines The duration of spread before The pathogen disappears (before infecting everyone) All susceptibles die or become immune Note many individuals are NOT susceptible to many diseases The total number infected, recovered (immune) and dead

Spatial (CA) SIR models

Why does space matter?
In SIR, R0 = r/a (infection rate/recovery rate) Differential Eq model assumes an infinite number of susceptible neighbors CA assumes a finite set of neighbors N The set of susceptible neighbors < N
the # of susceptibles decreases when an infection occurs You cant infect the neighbor who infected you Some of your neighbors have already been infected by the neighbor who infected you

SIR CA exercise
ODE model a = 1/2 (you are infectious for 1 time step = 1 day) r = 1/2, R0 = 1 (on the cusp of an epidemic) --First, contacting only 1 person per time step CA Simulation Von Neumann 4 cell neighborhood S -> I if Heads chose 1 neighbor by rolling dye I -> R if Heads R -> R A: Initial State 3 I, others S (1< r < 2) Hand raised = Infected Arms crossed = Recovered Arms at sides = Susceptible Add simultaneous updates, birth, immigration
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Background reading Reading for Wednesday Keeling & Grenfell, Individual Based Perspectives on R0, Journal of Theoretical Biology v. 203 (2000)
Angela B. Shiflet and George W. Shiflet: Introduction to Computational Science Module 6