Epidemic threshold influenced by non-pharmaceutical interventions in residential university environments

• Published in: Chinese physics B Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 28707 - 632
• Main Authors: Lu, Zechao, Zhao, Shengmei, Shu, Huazhong, Gong, Long-Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd 01.01.2024
• Subjects: epidemic threshold; non-pharmaceutical interventions; susceptible-infected-recovered model; time-varying heterogeneous contact networks; epidemic threshold; susceptible-infected-recovered model; non-pharmaceutical interventions; time-varying heterogeneous contact networks

The control of highly contagious disease spreading in campuses is a critical challenge. In residential universities, students attend classes according to a curriculum schedule, and mainly pack into classrooms, dining halls and dorms. They move from one place to another. To simulate such environments...