Fluctuations and oscillations in a simple epidemic model

Details Fluctuations and oscillations in a simple epidemic model Fluctuations and oscillations in a simple epidemic model

2008-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/0810.4683v3

Phys. Rev. E 79, 041922 (2009)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

acknowledgments added; a typo in the discussion that follows Eq. (3) is corrected;

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.79.041922

We show that the simplest stochastic epidemiological models with spatial correlations exhibit two types of oscillatory behaviour in the endemic phase. In a large parameter range, the oscillations are due to resonant amplification of stochastic fluctuations, a general mechanism first reported for predator-prey dynamics. In a narrow range of parameters that includes many infectious diseases which confer long lasting immunity the oscillations persist for infinite populations. This effect is apparent in simulations of the stochastic process in systems of variable size, and can be understood from the phase diagram of the deterministic pair approximation equations. The two mechanisms combined play a central role in explaining the ubiquity of oscillatory behaviour in real data and in simulation results of epidemic and other related models.

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