The interaction of simultaneous diseases and awareness in multiplex networks

Changqing Hao, Jie Zhou, Xiyun Zhang and Xiaoming Liang
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Changqing Hao: School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
Jie Zhou: School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China
Xiyun Zhang: Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, P. R. China
Xiaoming Liang: School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2021, vol. 32, issue 09, 1-12

Abstract: It is common that the spreading of epidemics is influenced by other simultaneous spreading diseases and preventive reactions due to the awareness of people. In this paper, we study the co-evolution dynamics of two competing epidemics and the awareness process for prevention related to the epidemics, where the former represents the biological suppression impact and the latter represents social suppression impact. Our analysis reveals that when the two factors act simultaneously their impact is not guaranteed to be suppression, but may even prompt the spreading of an epidemic. Detailed analyses are provided to account for these phenomena which are supported by numerical simulations.

Keywords: Epidemic spreading; simultaneous spreading disease; awareness process; multiplex networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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