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most citedKey Questions for Modelling COVID-19 Exit Strategies

138 citations · 264 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

math.PR2026

Meeting and coalescence times for random walks in the largest component of the Erdős-Rényi random graph

Vyacheslav Koval, Yuval Peres, Pieter Trapman

We prove that the stationary and worst-case expected meeting times of two independent continuous-time random walks on the largest component of the Erdős-Rényi random graph …

q-bio.PE2024

Modelling the spread of two successive SIR epidemics on a configuration model network

Frank Ball, Abid Ali Lashari, David Sirl +1

We present a stochastic model for two successive SIR (Susceptible, Infectious, Recovered) epidemics in the same network structured population. Individuals infected during the first…

physics.soc-ph2024

Possible counter-intuitive impact of local vaccine mandates for vaccine-preventable infectious diseases

Maddalena Donà, Pieter Trapman

We model the impact of local vaccine mandates on the spread of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, which in the absence of vaccines will mainly affect children. Examples of su…

math.PR2022

SIR epidemics in populations with large sub-communities

Frank Ball, David Sirl, Pieter Trapman

We investigate final outcome properties of an SIR (susceptible infective recovered) epidemic model defined on a population of large sub-communities in which there is st…

q-bio.PE2020★ 1 cited

The risk for a new COVID-19 wave -- and how it depends on , the current immunity level and current restrictions

Tom Britton, Pieter Trapman, Frank Ball

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit different parts of the world differently: some regions are still in the rise of the first wave, other regions are now facing a decline after a first w…

q-bio.OT2020★ 138 cited

Key Questions for Modelling COVID-19 Exit Strategies

Robin N Thompson, T Deirdre Hollingsworth, Valerie Isham +40

Combinations of intense non-pharmaceutical interventions ('lockdowns') were introduced in countries worldwide to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Many governments have begun to impl…