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Transmission Dynamics and Disease Spread. General issues in transmission. Contagion Spread, if we have time. Modeling Contagious Disease. R 0 = “Basic reproductive number” Average number of people that an infected person will infect. What Determines R 0 ?. R 0 = cpd where
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General issues in transmission • Contagion • Spread, if we have time
Modeling Contagious Disease • R0 = “Basic reproductive number” • Average number of people that an infected person will infect
What Determines R0? • R0 = cpd where • c=contact rate • P=probability of transmission (any given contact) • d = duration of contact
What happens when: • R0 < 1? • R0 = 1? • R0 > 1? • R0 >> 1?
R0 < 1 • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow (transmission sustained)? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
R0 < 1 • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow? • Remain stable? • Disappear
R0=1? • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow (transmission sustained? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
R0=1? • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow (transmission sustained? • Remain stable • Disappear?
R0>1? • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow (transmission sustained? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
R0>1 • Epidemic will: • Grow quickly? • Grow (transmission sustained? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
R0 >>1 (much greater than) • Grow quickly? • Grow? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
R0 >>1 (much greater than) • Grow quickly • Grow? • Remain stable? • Disappear?
Gets more complex • More than 1 region • Changes in the parameters in different places • In-migration • Recovery period and mortality (people removed from the population) • Changes in any of the parameters over time • Population growth and shrinkage • Incubation period
What Determines R0? • R0 = cpd where • c=contact rate • P=probability of transmission (any given contact) • d = duration of contact
Herd Immunity • Not just individual immunity • Population immunity such that infection will disappear (temporarily) • Endemic vs. epidemic
“SIR” Models • Susceptibles: Number of people who are susceptible to the disease • Infectives: Number of people who are infected • They can pass the disease on to susceptibles • Recovereds: Number of people who have recovered—they are immune
Patterns and Geography INFLUENZA
Objectives today • Describe some of the basic features of influenza and its transmission • Describe and illustrate some of the general considerations in the “spatial epidemiology” of communicable disease
INFLUENZA • Why study it and understand it? • What can be done?
Source: Forrest+ Webster, Animal Health Res Revs 2010;11:3-18
Influenza Strain Variants, Animal-Human Source: Kilbourne, Influenza, p. 273.
Schematic: Known Events, Cross Species Transmission Source: Forrest+ Webster, Animal Health Res Revs 2010;11:3-18
Temporal Patterns of Influenza, 1999-2003 Source: MMWR, April 25, 2003
Temporal Pattern of Influenza, Houston Source, Kilbourne, Influenza, p. 259.
INFLUENZA MORTALITY, BRESLAU, GERMANY Source: Taubenberger and Morens, Public Health Reports, 2010
Kilbourne’s Generalization of Epidemics Source: Kilbourne, Influenza, p. 274
Harmonic Analysis, First Autumn Wave, 1918-19 Source: Pyle, Diffusion of Influenza,
General issues in transmission • Contagion • Spread, if we have time
Modeling Influenza • R0 = “Basic reproductive number” • Average number of people that an infected person will infect
What Determines R0? • R0 = cpd where • c=contact rate • P=probability of transmission (any given contact) • d = duration of contact
SARS Transmission Chain, Beijing (superspreaders at nodes A, H, D, I) Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004;10:256-60