Assessment of the impact of awareness programs on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19

COVID-19, since its discovery in 2019, has posed a major health problem in the world. It is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and transmitted via infected respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces. There is an urgent need to understand the transmission characteristics of the virus in response to social interventions. This is important to evaluate the overall impact of such programs in the management of the disease. We seek to develop a mathematical model that characterizes the transmission dynamics of COVID-19. The model analyzes the impact of preventive practices on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by incorporating human behavior in modeling disease prevalence depending on contact rates for direct and indirect transmissions and infectious host shedding. The model is also applied to reported data from Wuhan and the state of Tennessee. Our results imply that applying strategically created awareness programs to a geological setting can eradicate COVID-19.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Korsah, Maame

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wang, Jin
• Nichols, Roger; Gao, Lan; Weerasena, Lakmali
• College of Arts and Sciences

• COVID-19 (Disease)--Epidemiology
• COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention
• Mathematical models

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/714

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1871