Background As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic is sweeping across the
globe, there is an urgent need to develop effective vaccines as the most powerful strategy to …

During pandemic events, strategies such as social distancing can be fundamental to reduce
simultaneous infections and mitigate the disease spreading, which is very relevant to the risk …

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with limited or no supplies of vaccines and
treatments, people and policymakers seek easy to implement and cost-effective alternatives …

A modified susceptible-vaccinated-infected-recovered (SIR/V) with unaware-aware (UA)
epidemic model in heterogeneous networks is presented to study the effect of information …

Given the widespread impact of COVID-19, modeling and analysis of epidemic propagation
has been critical to epidemic prevention and control. However, previous studies have …

Pre-emptive vaccination is regarded as one of the most protective measures to control
influenza outbreak. There are mainly two types of influenza viruses—influenza A and B with …

Competitive and cooperative human traits that have detrimental effects on epidemic aspects
can be regarded as a social dilemma. Often applied to intervention policy and epidemic …

Social dilemmas are situations wherein individuals choose between selfish interest and
common good. One example of this is the vaccination dilemma, in which an individual who …

To avoid the infection, the epidemic outburst plays a significant role that encourages people
to take vaccination and induce behavioral changes. The interplay between disease …

The dynamics of a spreadable disease are largely governed by four factors: proactive
vaccination, retroactive treatment, individual decisions, and the prescribing behaviour of …