Código de proyecto: 713679

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-08-05

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Physical Review Research. 2 (2): Art num 023181-

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Benjamin Steinegger, Alex Arenas, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes, and Clara Granell (2020). Pulsating campaigns of human prophylaxis driven by risk perception palliate oscillations of direct contact transmitted diseases. Physical Review Research, 2(2), Art num 023181-. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023181

Acrónimo: MFP

Página inicial: Article number 023181

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications

Autor según el artículo: Benjamin Steinegger, Alex Arenas, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes, and Clara Granell

Departamento: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques

Autor/es de la URV: Arenas Moreno, Alejandro / Steinegger, Benjamin Franz Josef

Resumen: Human behavioral responses play an important role in the impact of disease outbreaks and yet they are often overlooked in epidemiological models. Understanding to what extent behavioral changes determine the outcome of spreading epidemics is essential to design effective intervention policies. Here we explore, analytically, the interplay between the personal decision to protect oneself from infection and the spreading of an epidemic.We do so by coupling a decision game based on the perceived risk of infection with a susceptible-infected-susceptible model. Interestingly, we find that the simple decision of whether to protect oneself is enough to modify the course of the epidemics, by generating sustained steady oscillations in the prevalence.We deem these oscillations detrimental and propose two intervention policies aimed at modifying behavioral patterns to help alleviate them. Surprisingly, we find that pulsating campaigns, compared to continuous ones, are more effective in diminishing such oscillations.

Áreas temáticas: Physics, multidisciplinary Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous) Physics and astronomy (all)

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 2643-1564

Direcció de correo del autor: alexandre.arenas@urv.cat benjamin.steinegger@estudiants.urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-0937-0334 0000-0002-0723-1536

Volumen de revista: 2

Enlace a la fuente original: https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023181

Programa de financiación: Horizon 2020

DOI del artículo: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023181

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2020

Acción del progama de financiación: Martí i Franquès COFUND