Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil)
In this work we analyze the effectiveness of vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Firstly we study the effectiveness of general vaccination in the decreasing of the number of infected individuals using a traditional non structured SEIR model. Secon...
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
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| author | Marcelo Domingos Marchesin Mehran Sabeti |
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| description | In this work we analyze the effectiveness of vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Firstly we study the effectiveness of general vaccination in the decreasing of the number of infected individuals using a traditional non structured SEIR model. Secondly we consider an age-structured SEIR model with three age classes (youngster, adult and elderly) and we analyze the current strategy in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, of focusing the vaccination on the elderly group. We conclude by showing this strategy to be mistaken and that a vaccination focusing on the age group of the adults would be much more efficient in decreasing the total number of infected individuals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ef1da6ec93747629ff223471346c3652023-01-16T15:54:05ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaSemina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas1676-54511679-03752021-07-01421Supl10.5433/1679-0375.2021v42n1Suplp35Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil)Marcelo Domingos Marchesin0Mehran Sabeti1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMGUniversidade Federal de Viçosa - UFVIn this work we analyze the effectiveness of vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Firstly we study the effectiveness of general vaccination in the decreasing of the number of infected individuals using a traditional non structured SEIR model. Secondly we consider an age-structured SEIR model with three age classes (youngster, adult and elderly) and we analyze the current strategy in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, of focusing the vaccination on the elderly group. We conclude by showing this strategy to be mistaken and that a vaccination focusing on the age group of the adults would be much more efficient in decreasing the total number of infected individuals.https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semexatas/article/view/43640EpidemologyDynamical systemsSEIR model |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Domingos Marchesin Mehran Sabeti Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Epidemology Dynamical systems SEIR model |
| title | Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) |
| title_full | Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) |
| title_fullStr | Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) |
| title_short | Assessing vaccination strategies for the COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais (Brazil) |
| title_sort | assessing vaccination strategies for the covid 19 epidemic in minas gerais brazil |
| topic | Epidemology Dynamical systems SEIR model |
| url | https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semexatas/article/view/43640 |
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