An epidemic model for COVID-19 transmission in Argentina: Exploration of the alternating quarantine and massive testing strategies.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged authorities at different levels of government administration around the globe. When faced with diseases of this severity, it is useful for the authorities to have prediction tools to estimate in advance the impact on the health system as well as the human, material, and economic resources that will be necessary. In this paper, we construct an extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered model that incorporates the social structure of Mar del Plata, the 4°most inhabited city in Argentina and head of the Municipality of General Pueyrredón. Moreover, we consider detailed partitions of infected individuals according to the illness severity, as well as data of local health resources, to bring predictions closer to the local reality. Tuning the correspondi

SUBMITTER: Vassallo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276572 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature