A deterministic compartmental model for the transition between variants in the spread of Covid-19 in Italy.

We propose a deterministic epidemic model to describe the transition between two variants of the same virus, through the combination of a series of realistic mechanisms such as partial cross immunity, waning immunity for vaccinated individuals and a novel data-based algorithm to describe the average...

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Main Authors: Mario Saviano, Annalisa Fierro, Antonella Liccardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293416&type=printable