Possible effects of mixed prevention strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: massive testing, quarantine and social distancing

Toshikazu Kuniya; Hisashi Inaba; Toshikazu Kuniya; Hisashi Inaba

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2020040

AIMS Public Health

2020, Volume 7, Issue 3: 490-503. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020040

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Possible effects of mixed prevention strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: massive testing, quarantine and social distancing

Toshikazu Kuniya ^{1
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Hisashi Inaba ²

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Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan

Received: 25 May 2020 Accepted: 29 June 2020 Published: 06 July 2020

- COVID-19,
- asymptomatic transmission model,
- control reproduction number,
- state-reproduction number
Citation: Toshikazu Kuniya, Hisashi Inaba. Possible effects of mixed prevention strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: massive testing, quarantine and social distancing[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2020, 7(3): 490-503. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020040

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the previous version of our manuscript. TK was supported by the Japan Society for the Promortion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (No.19K14594). HI was supported by JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No.19K03614).

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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