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标题：Risk of COVID-19 transmission in heterogeneous age groups and effective vaccination strategy in Korea: a mathematical modeling study
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作者：Youngsuk Ko ; Jacob Lee ; Yubin Seo 等
期刊名称：Epidemiology and Health
印刷版ISSN：2092-7193
出版年度：2021
卷号：43
DOI：10.4178/epih.e2021059
语种：English
出版社：Taehan P'ibu Kwahakhoe
摘要：This study aims to analyze the possibility and conditions of maintaining an effective reproductive number below 1 using a mathematical model. METHODS The total population was divided into five age groups (0-17, 18-29, 30-59, 60-74, and ≥75 years). Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) was used to estimate the transmission rate of each age group. Mathematical model simulation was conducted until December 31, 2021, by establishing various strategies for vaccination and social distancing without considering variants. RESULTS MLE results revealed that the group aged 0-17 years had a lower risk of transmission than other age groups, and the older age group had relatively high risks of infection. If 70% of the population will be vaccinated by the end of 2021, then simulations showed that even if social distancing was eased, the effective reproductive number would remain below 1 near August if it was not at the level of the third re-spreading period. However, if social distancing was eased and it reached the level of the re-spreading period, the effective reproductive number could be below 1 at the end of 2021. CONCLUSIONS Considering both stable and worsened situations, simulation results emphasized that sufficient vaccine supply and control of the epidemic by maintaining social distancing to prevent an outbreak at the level of the re-spreading period are necessary to minimize mortality and maintain the effective reproductive number below 1.
关键词：COVID-19; Theoretical models; Vaccination; Physical distancing; Republic of Korea