Health-seeking behavior and transmission dynamics in the control of influenza infection among different age groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been found that health-seeking behavior has a certain impact on influenza infection. However, behaviors with/without risk perception on the control of influenza transmission among age groups have not been well quantified.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to assess to what extent, under scenarios of with/without control and preventive/protective behaviors, the age-specific network-driven risk perception influences influenza infection.

Materials and methods

A behavior-influenza model was used to estimate the spread rate of age-specific risk perception in response to an influenza outbreak. A network-based information model was used to assess the effect of network-driven risk perception information transmission on influenza infection. A probabili

SUBMITTER: You SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846056 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature