Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-4250.
Math Biosci Eng. 2006 Jan;3(1):205-18. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2006.3.205.
The goal of this paper is to study the global spread of SARS. We propose a multiregional compartmental model using medical geography theory (central place theory) and regarding each outbreak zone (such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto, and Beijing) as one region. We then study the effect of the travel of individuals (especially the infected and exposed ones) between regions on the global spread of the disease.
本文旨在研究严重急性呼吸系统综合征(SARS)的全球传播。我们提出了一个使用医学地理学理论(中心地理论)的多区域隔室模型,并将每个爆发区(如香港、新加坡、多伦多和北京)视为一个区域。然后,我们研究了个体(尤其是感染者和接触者)在区域间的流动对疾病全球传播的影响。