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Special Issue: Modelling the Epidemiological and Biological Impacts of SARS-COV-2 Mutations, Vaccination, Nonpharmaceutical Interventions, and Behavioural Factors against Covid-19 in the Pandemic Era

Guest Editors

Dr. Shi Zhao
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Email: zhaoshi.cmsa@gmail.com , shi.zhao@link.cuhk.edu.hk


Prof. Daihai He
Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Email: daihai.he@polyu.edu.hk


Dr. Salihu S. Musa
Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Email: salihu-sabiu.musa@connect.polyu.hk

Manuscript Topics

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continuously poses serious threats to the global population. Mathematical and statistical models are of importance in uncovering the characteristics of COVID-19 transmission, clinical outcomes, and host-pathogen interaction. Currently, the control of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is challenged by several key emerging aspects, such as follows.


• Mutations and variants of SARS-CoV-2,
• COVID‑19 vaccination strategies,
• Nonpharmaceutical interventions and related disease control policies,
• Interactions between COVID-19 transmission dynamics and human behaviours and decisions, and
• Exploring the determinants of transmission characteristics associated with different settings, contexts and sources, and their impacts.


This special issue considers the modelling contributions related to (but not limited to) these research topics. We welcome submissions focusing on the epidemiological, biological, computational, immunological, and virological aspects of COVID-19, or other diseases that closely related to the pandemic. Authors are encouraged to implement their theoretical framework with real-world datasets or demonstrative simulation examples.


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Paper Submission

All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed before their acceptance for publication. The deadline for manuscript submission is 31 December 2022

Published Papers(15)

Research article
Prediction Model of hospitalization time of COVID-19 patients based on Gradient Boosted Regression Trees
Zhihao Zhang,  Ting Zeng,  Yijia Wang,  Yinxia Su,  Xianghua Tian,  Guoxiang Ma,  Zemin Luan,  Fengjun Li
2023, Volume 20, Issue 6: 10444-10458. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023459
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Impact of antibody-level on viral shedding in B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant-infected patients analyzed using a joint model of longitudinal and time-to-event data
Yi Yin,  Ting Zeng,  Miao Lai,  Zemin Luan,  Kai Wang,  Yuhang Ma,  Zhiliang Hu,  Kai Wang,  Zhihang Peng
2023, Volume 20, Issue 5: 8875-8891. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023390
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Effects of vaccination on mitigating COVID-19 outbreaks: a conceptual modeling approach
Allison Fisher,  Hainan Xu,  Daihai He,  Xueying Wang
2023, Volume 20, Issue 3: 4816-4837. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023223
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Protection against SARS-CoV-2 BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants via vaccination and natural infection: A modeling study
Yuta Okada,  Taishi Kayano,  Asami Anzai,  Tong Zhang,  Hiroshi Nishiura
2023, Volume 20, Issue 2: 2530-2543. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023118
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COVID-19 cases with a contact history: A modeling study of contact history-stratified data in Japan
Tong Zhang,  Hiroshi Nishiura
2023, Volume 20, Issue 2: 3661-3676. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023171
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Mathematical assessment of the role of waning and boosting immunity against the BA.1 Omicron variant in the United States
Salman Safdar,  Calistus N. Ngonghala,  Abba B. Gumel
2023, Volume 20, Issue 1: 179-212. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2023009
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To investigate the internal association between SARS-CoV-2 infections and cancer through bioinformatics
Qinyan shen,  Jiang wang,  Liangying zhao
2022, Volume 19, Issue 11: 11172-11194. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022521
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A study on the factors influencing the transfer of COVID-19 severe illness patients out of the ICU based on generalized linear mixed effect model
Zemin Luan,  Zhaoxia Yu,  Ting Zeng,  Rui Wang,  Maozai Tian,  Kai Wang
2022, Volume 19, Issue 10: 10602-10617. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022495
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A computational investigation of COVID-19 transmission inside hospital wards and associated costs
David Moreno-Martos,  Sean Foley,  Benjamin Parcell,  Dumitru Trucu,  Raluca Eftimie
2022, Volume 19, Issue 7: 6504-6522. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022306
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Improving vaccination coverage and offering vaccine to all school-age children allowed uninterrupted in-person schooling in King County, WA: Modeling analysis
Chloe Bracis,  Mia Moore,  David A. Swan,  Laura Matrajt,  Larissa Anderson,  Daniel B. Reeves,  Eileen Burns,  Joshua T. Schiffer,  Dobromir Dimitrov
2022, Volume 19, Issue 6: 5699-5716. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022266
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Discrete epidemic modelling of COVID-19 transmission in Shaanxi Province with media reporting and imported cases
Jin Guo,  Aili Wang,  Weike Zhou,  Yinjiao Gong,  Stacey R. Smith?
2022, Volume 19, Issue 2: 1388-1410. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022064
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A nonstandard finite difference scheme for the SVICDR model to predict COVID-19 dynamics
Sarah Treibert,  Helmut Brunner,  Matthias Ehrhardt
2022, Volume 19, Issue 2: 1213-1238. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022056
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Models to assess imported cases on the rebound of COVID-19 and design a long-term border control strategy in Heilongjiang Province, China
Xianghong Zhang,  Yunna Song,  Sanyi Tang,  Haifeng Xue,  Wanchun Chen,  Lingling Qin,  Shoushi Jia,  Ying Shen,  Shusen Zhao,  Huaiping Zhu
2022, Volume 19, Issue 1: 1-33. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2022001
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Research article
Optimal strategic pandemic control: human mobility and travel restriction
Wentao Hu,  Yufeng Shi,  Cuixia Chen,  Ze Chen
2021, Volume 18, Issue 6: 9525-9562. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2021468
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Assessing the impact of adherence to Non-pharmaceutical interventions and indirect transmission on the dynamics of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study
Sarafa A. Iyaniwura,  Musa Rabiu,  Jummy F. David,  Jude D. Kong
2021, Volume 18, Issue 6: 8905-8932. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2021439
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