3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
A method for including socio-demographic factors in social contact matrices for compartment-based epidemic models
Vincent X. Lomas, Tim Chambers, Leighton Watson +1
Socio-demographic factors influence social contact patterns and play a fundamental role in shaping the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. However, compartment-based mode…
q-bio.PE2026
Modelling the transmission and impact of Omicron variants of Covid-19 in different ethnicity groups in Aotearoa New Zealand
Samik Datta, Vincent X Lomas, Nicole Satherley +2
Previous pandemics, including influenza pandemics and Covid-19, have disproportionately impacted MÄori and Pacific populations in Aotearoa New Zealand. The reasons for this are mu…
q-bio.PE2025
Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease transmission dynamics in Aotearoa New Zealand during the first Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Vincent X. Lomas, Tim Chambers, Michael J. Plank
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Aotearoa followed an elimination strategy followed by a mitigation strategy, which saw high success and kept health impact low. However, there were in…