Effects of human mobility on the spread of Dengue in the region of Caldas, Colombia.

ABSTRACT: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the most common acute arthropod-borne viral infection in the world. The spread of dengue and other infectious diseases is closely related to human activity and mobility. In this paper we analyze the effect of introducing mobility restrictions as a public health policy on the total number of dengue cases within a population. To perform the analysis, we use a complex metapopulation in which we implement a compartmental propagation model coupled with the mobility of individuals between the patches. This model is used to investigate the spread of dengue in the municipalities of Caldas (CO). Two scenarios corresponding to different types of mobility restrictions are applied. In the first scenario, the effect of restricting mobility is

SUBMITTER: Ospina-Aguirre C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature