Keywords
Infectious disease, Stability analysis, Covid-19, population dynamics,
reproduction number, endemic equilibrium.
1. Introduction:
History is replete with the epidemics/pandemic which have had long lasting effects on the
human society. For example, the Black Death known as bubonic plague caused the death of as
much as one third population of Europe. In the series of epidemics, Covid-19 has incurred great
loss to human well -being and destroyed the social, economic structure since its inception.
Whole of the world is experiencing the recursions of chaos created due to th is viral disease.
Cough, pneumonia, dyspnoea, exhaustion, fever, diarrhoea, inflection in lungs, respiratory
problems are unexplained causes of Covid -19. A single infected person is transmitting the
infection hundreds and thousands of the population. Closure of schools, colleges, restriction on
interstate or international travelling, corona curfew, lockdown, reduction in social gathering
are few of the outcomes of Covid. World health scientific community have developed vaccine
for the protection of the masses. But it is also seen that Covid-19 Virus has been changing its
form and creating fear among the society. Various studies have been proposed to expedite the
project for containment and eradication of this disease. Mathematical models are evolving from
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time to time to assess the spread of disease and frame the policy to intervene this spread. Anwar
Zeb. Et.al [1] considered the isolation of infected persons to reduce the risk of spread of covid-
19. In this work-related stability of reproductive stability is discussed and found that if control
the contact rate then the containment of Covid is possible. Pakwan Riyapan et.al. [2] analysed
the transmission dynamics of Covid-19 with a case study in Bangkok Thaila nd. It is proved
that disease free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if basic reproduction number
(Rcvd) is less than one and endemic equilibrium occurs if R cvd >1. Idris Ahmed et.al. [3] used
ODE and fractional differential equation to describ e the outbreak of Covid -19. In this model
disease equilibrium point (E0) is found to be locally asymptotically stable, whenever the basic
reproduction number R01. Faical Nairo et.al. proposed compartmental mathematical model with
the transmissibility of super-spreader individual on Covid-19 and studied the local stability of
the disease-free equilibrium in terms of basic reproduction number with a case study in Wuhan.
Mohammed A. Abaoud et.at. [5] applied the Caputo/fractional derivatives to understand and
give more insight about the transmission dynamics of coronavirus with numerical simulation.
Vipin Tiwari et.al. studied five compartmental model SEIRD and pred icted the Covid -19
dynamics peak value under the impact of lockdown in India. [7] Avaneesh Singh et.al. extended
SEIR model to SEAIHCRD which includes asymptomatic infected, hospitalised, critical
people with dead compartment. In this model author computed the infection rate, recovery rate,
case fatality rate by taken into account the various parameters like age group, hospital beds,
proper social distancing etc. Masaki et.al.[8] constructed SIIR (Susceptible, Infection,
Incubation, Recovered) Model and described the spread of infection with the consideration of
novel Covid-19. It is found that herd community is more susceptible to disease in SIIR as that
of in SIR model. The main point in this study is that after infection disease carriers can spread
during incubation period, which is very difficult to handle. Constanttinose I, Siettos et.al. [9]
categorised epidemiological model into three parts-Statistical, Mathematical mechanistic state
space and machine learning based. This study is based on chronological order epidemics from
Cholera in 1854 at London to global AIDS epidemics. A better understanding of the signature
features of epidemic outbreaks from real outbreak data and different mathematical modelling
approach could lead to substantial improvement in our ability to forecast the epidemics [10].
Epidemic growth profiles range from sub exponential to exponential growth across the number
of epidemic outbreaks such influenza, smallpox, measles, HIV/AIDS and Ebola. Different
mathematical techniques have bee n applied to characterise the epidemics growth dynamics.
Successful efforts in improving disease transmission modelling toward improved disease
forecasting will also have an impact on refining preparedness and contingency interventions
plans to confront infection disease threats.
2. Mathematical formulation of Epidemiological Model SVEIR:
The whole population is divided mainly into f ive distinct epidemiological subclasses of
individual- (S)susceptible population, (V)Vaccinated Population, (E)exposed population,
(I)infected population, and (R)recovered population. It is observed in common practice that
when the susceptible population is vaccinated, some of the vaccinated population is not getting
the benefit of vacc ination and some part of the population is recovering directly without any
kind of infection. The chances of vaccinated people getting exposed always lies there. Every
new born is equally likely to get infected therefore both horizontal and vertical transmission is
considered in this work. The total population size at time t is denoted by N(t), with
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π(π‘) = π(π‘) + π(π‘) + πΈ(π‘) + πΌ(π‘) + π
(π‘) (1)
Let ππ is total number of new born with natural birth rate b, πππΌ is the number of new born
who are infected at birth, ππβ πππΌ is the number of healthy but susceptible new born.
The following SVEIR epidemic model along with transfer diagram for migration/immigration
and removal is shown in Figure-1. And set of ordinary differential equations are established
to analyse the stability of disease-free equilibrium and endemic equilibrium.
Figure-1: Transfer diagram for SVIER model with migration/immigration and removal
ππ
ππ‘ = (ππβ πππΌ) + ππ β ππ β ππ (2)
ππ
ππ‘ = ππβ ππ β ππ β βπ (3)
ππΈ
ππ‘ = ππ β ππΈ β ππΈπ (4)
ππΌ
ππ‘ = πππΌ+ ππΈπ β ππΌ β ππΌ (5)
ππ
ππ‘ = ππΌ + βπ β ππ
(6)
where b is natural birth rate, π is the rate of vaccination for susceptible population, and c is the
rate at which vaccinated population again enters into susceptible population, p is the fraction
of born infected, g is the natural death rate, d is rate of vaccination, π is rate of infection to
infected class, π is the rate of recovery and β is the rate at which vaccinated class is directly
recovered without getting infected.
3. Next Generation Matrix and Reproduction Number/ Equivalent
threshold parameter
In this section, we determine the basic reproduction number R0 and obtain the existence of the
disease-free equilibrium (DFE) and the endemic equilibrium (EE) of system (2 -6). Summing
up the five equations of system (2-6) we get
ππ
ππ‘ = ππ
ππ‘ + ππ
ππ‘ + ππΈ
ππ‘ + ππΌ
ππ‘+ ππ
ππ‘
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ππ
ππ‘ = (π β π)π
π(π‘) = π(πβπ)π‘ + π(0)
Therefore, from biological considerations, we study system (2 -6) in the following feasible
region
D = {(π,π,πΈ,πΌ, π
) βΆ S β₯ 0, V β₯ 0, E β₯ 0, I β₯ 0,,R β₯ 0,S + I + Q + R β₯ N(0) }
In a literature review, it is found that authors have derived the equivalent threshold parameter
also knowns as reproduction number or reproduction ratio when more than one class of
infectives are involved. Diekmann et al. (1990), introduced the next generation method to
derive the Reproduction number (R0), where the population has been divided into discrete and
disjoint classes. In the next generation method, R 0 is defined as the spectral radius of the next
generation operator. The formation of the operator involves determining two compartments,
infected and non-infected, from the model. In this section, we outline the steps needed to find
the next generation operator in matrix notation (assuming only finitely many types), and then
employ this method for a susceptible βvaccinated-exposedβ infectiousβrecovered (SVEIR)
model. Consider for a set of n compartments, out of which m are infected. Let us define the
vector π§Μ
= π§π where π§π denotes the number or proportion of individuals in the ith compartment.
Let πΉπ(π§Μ
) be the rate of appearance of new infections in the ith compartment. And let ππ(π§Μ
) =
ππ
β(π§Μ
) β ππ
+(π§Μ
) where ππ
β is the rate of transfer of individuals into compartment i by all other
means and ππ
+ is the rate of transfer of individuals out of the i th compartment. The difference
πΉπ(π§Μ
) β ππ(π§Μ
) gives the rate of change of π§π. Note that Fi should include only infections that are
newly arising, but does not include terms which describe the transfer of infectious individuals
from one infected compartment to another. Assuming that F i and V i meet the conditions
outlined by Diekmann et al. (1990) and van den Driessche & Watmough (2002), we can form
the next generation matrix (operator) FV -1 from matrices of partial derivatives of F i and V i.
Specifically, πΉ = [
ππΉπ(π§0)
ππ§π
] and π = [
πππ(π§0)
ππ§π
]; where i, j =1,2,3..., m and where π§0 is the
disease-free equilibrium. The entries of FV -1 give the rate at which infected individuals in π§π
produce new infections in π§π, times the average length of time an individual spends in a single
visit to compartment j. R 0 is given by the spectral radius (dominant eigenvalue) of the matrix
FV-1.
The model dynamic defined by the equations (1 -6) for the SVIER model gives us F and V as
follows.
F= [
ππ
ππΈπ+ πππΌ
0
0
]
V= [
ππΈ + ππΈπ
ππΌ + ππΌ
0
0
]
with F1 = dV, F2 = eEV +bpI, V1 = gE+eEV, V2 = gI+fI
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πΉ = [ 0 0
ππ ππ] π = [π + ππ 0
0 π + π] and |π| = (π + ππ)(π + π)
πΉπβ1 = [
0 0
ππ
π + π
ππ
π + ππ
]
Now, the spectral radius of FV-1 is the reproduction number,
π
0 =
ππ
π+ππ (7)
4. Disease Free and Endemic Equilibrium:
In this section we will obtain the disease free and endemic equilibrium point for the system
described by (2-6).
ππβ πππΌ+ ππ β (π+ π)π = 0 (8)
ππβ ππ β ππ β βπ β ππ = 0 (9)
ππβ ππΈ β ππΈπ = 0 (10)
ππΈπ+ πππΌβ ππΌ β ππΌ = 0 (11)
ππΌ + βπ β ππ
= 0 (12)
On solving equations (8-12), we get the disease-free equilibrium (DFE) point Z0 (0,0,0,0,0)
and the Jacobian matrix for the above system is given by: -
π½1 =
[
βπβ π π 0 βππ 0
π βπ β π β β 0 0 0
0 π βπ 0 0
0 0 0 ππβ π β π 0
0 β 0 π βπ]
The eigen values for the above matrix are: -
π1 = βπ, π2 = ππ β π β π,
π3 = β π/2 β π/2 β π β β/2 β β(π2 + 2ππβ 2πβ + π2 + 2πβ+ β2) /2,
π4 = β(π2 + 2ππ β 2πβ + π2 + 2πβ + β2)/2 β π/2 β π β β/2 β π/2
For all the given parameters ππ < 0 πππ π = 1,2,3,4. Therefore, disease free equilibrium is
asymptotically stable.
The endemic equilibrium (EE) point zi for the system (8-12) is found to be: -
πΌ β = π
π (13)
πΈ β= (π + π β ππ)ππ
0
(ππβ π
0π)π (14)
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π β= π(π + π β ππ)ππ
0
(ππβ π
0π)ππ + (π + π β ππ)π
ππ (15)
π
β= ππ
ππ + βπ(π + π β ππ)ππ
0
π(ππβ π
0π)ππ + β(π + π β ππ)π
ππ (16)
π β= (π + π + β+ π)
π [π(π + π β ππ)ππ
0
(ππβ π
0π)π + (π + π β ππ)π
ππ ] (17)
The Jacobian matrix for the system (2-6) is given by: -
π½2 =
[
βπβ π π 0 βππ 0
π βπ β π β β 0 0 0
0 π β ππΈ βπ β ππ 0 0
0 ππΈ ππ ππβ π β π 0
0 β 0 π βπ]
It is cumbersome to obtain the analytical expression for the eigen values of J2 with the use
(13-17). Therefore, we have made an attempt to discuss the result with numerical analysis.
5. Result and Discussion:
In the study of SVEIR model it is found that disease free equilibrium (DFE) is asymptotically
stable for all values of the parameters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h. To analyse the stability of endemic
equilibrium we have taken the following examples: -
Example 1 (DFE): -
Let a=0.7; b=0.3; c=0.2; d=0.35; e=0.45; h=0.8; f=0.5; V=75; N=100; p=0.4; E=50; g=0.3;
Reproduction Number
R0 = 0.0035 < 1
Theorem: If R0 1, the disease-free equilibrium is unstable.
In our example, R0 = 0.0035 < 1 therefore, the system should be stable.
Now the eigen values corresponding to the Jacobian matrix are found to be: -
-0.3000, -0.3000, -0.7469, -1.5531, -0.6800
which are less than zero. Hence the given system is stable.
Example 2 (EE): -
a=0.99; b=5; c=0; d=0.2; e=0.92; h=0.7; f=0.97; V=1; N=100; p=0.999; E=90; g=0.998;
Theorem. If R0 > 1, the endemic equilibrium of system is globally asymptotically stable.
Reproduction Number
R0 = 1.4705 > 1
And the eigen values corresponding to the Jacobian matrix are: -
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-0.9980, -106.3066, -1.3171 + 0.7187i, -1.3171 - 0.7187i, -1.8901
All of the eigen values are either negative or have negative real part, hence the given system is
stable that is disease is not going to occur for large duration and it will end up initial hazards.
So, the health policy makers can keep the check over the parametric values and take the
valuable decision to curb the invasion and outbreak of pandemic like COVID-19.
5.1 Stability Analysis based on Routh Hurwitz criteria
It is very much possible that Jacobian matrix of system (2 -6) remain inconclusive for the
stability analysis, in that case we can use Routh Hurwitz criteria in following way: -
Let the characteristic equation of Jacobian matrix is defined by: -
π(π) = ππ + π1ππβ1 + π2ππβ2+.... ...+ππ (18)
Consider π1 = π1, π2 = πππ‘[π1 0
0 π2
]β¦β¦β¦β¦...
ππ =
[
π1 π3 π5 . . π2πβ1
1 π2 π4 . . π2πβ2
0 π1 π3 . . π2πβ3
0 1 π2 . . π2πβ4
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
0 0 0 0 0 π2π ]
Where ππ = 0 if π > π. Then the roots of π(π) have negative real parts if and only if ππ > 0
for all π = 1,2,3... ...π. For example, let n = 2
Then we have
π(π) = π2 + π1π + π2 = 0 and he Type equation here.nce π1 = π1, π2 =
πππ‘[π1 0
0 π2
] = π1π2
Thus, for n = 2 the necessary and sufficient condition for having roots with negative parts are
π1 > 0, π2 > 0. Similarly for higher order matrices we can have different conditions on ππ, to
have negative real parts of the roots of characteristics equation , based upon which stability of
the system can be decided.
5.2 Stability Analysis based on Lyapunov function
Basically, Lyapunovβs Direct Method is used to describe the stability of linear, non -linear
mechanical, electrical or physical system. In this description, the total energy of the system is
dissipated and eventually the system the system is reduced to its lowest lev el known
equilibrium point.
Definition: If in the given domain, the function F(x) is positive definite and has continuous
partial derivatives, and if its time derivative along any state trajectory of system is negative
semi definite that is πΉΜ(π₯) β€ 0, Then F(x) is said to be Lyapunov function. And the point for
which this function exist is said to be stable. The stability is Asymptotic Global Stable if
πΉΜ(π₯) < 0.
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In this section we establish the global stability with the help of Lyapunov function for the
SVEIR model. Consider the endem ic equilibrium point Z*(S*, V*, E*, I*, R*) of the system
(2-6). For the above system we construct the following positive definite function.
πΉ = (π β π β)2
2 + (π β π β)2
2 + (πΈ β πΈ β)2
2 + (πΌ β πΌ β)2
2 + (π
β π
β)2
2 (19)
Clearly, πΉ:π
+
5 β π
is continuously differentiable function. It is easy to see that F*(S*, V*,
E*, I*, R*) = 0 and F*(S*, V*, E*, I*, R*) > 0 for all (S*, V*, E*, I*, R*) β (S, V, E, I, R).
Now differentiating (19) w.r.t βtβ we get the following equation.
ππΉ
ππ‘ = (π β π β)ππ
ππ‘ + (π β π β)ππ
ππ‘ + (πΈ β πΈ β) ππΈ
ππ‘ + (πΌ β πΌ β)ππΌ
ππ‘+ (π
β π
β)ππ
ππ‘ (20)
ππΉ
ππ‘ = (π β π β)[(ππβ πππΌ) + ππ β (π + π)π] + (π β π β)[ππβ (π + π + β)π] +
(πΈ β πΈ β)[ππβ (π β ππ)πΈ] + (πΌ β πΌ β)[ππΈπ+ πππΌβ (π + π)πΌ +
(π
β π
β)[ππΌ + βπ β ππ
].
ππΉ
ππ‘ = (π β π β)(πππΌ+ (π + π)π)[ ππ+ ππ
πππΌ+ (π + π)π β 1] +
(π β π β)(π + π + β)π[ ππ
(π + π + β)π β 1] +
(πΈ β πΈ β)(π β ππ)πΈ [ ππ
(π β ππ) β 1] +
(πΌ β πΌ β)(π + π)πΌ [ππΈπ+ πππΌ
(π + π)πΌ β 1] +
(ππ
)(π
β π
β)[
ππΌ+βπ
ππ
β 1]
Now
ππΉ
ππ‘ π β πππ
ππ+ππ
πππΌ+(π+π)π < 1 or
π 1
b) π > π β πππ
ππ
(π+π+β)π < 1 ππ π 1
c) πΈ > πΈ β,π > ππ πππ
ππ
(πβππ) πΈ β,π < ππ πππ
ππ
(πβππ) < 1 ππ
πΈ < πΈ β,π 1
d) πΌ > πΌ β πππ
ππΈπ+πππΌ
(π+π)πΌ < 1 ππ πΌ 1
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e) π
> π
β πππ
ππΌ+βπ
ππ
< 1 ππ π
1
Thus, the SVEIR model (2 -6) is globally asymptotically stable with R o > 1 along with the
conditions (a-e).
6. Conclusion:
In this paper, we have formulated an SVEIR epidemic model with vaccination, elimination,
and exposed and infectious population classes, and studied the dynamics of this disease model
by means of both theoretical and numerical ways. For this model, we defined the basic
reproduction number R0 which completely determines the dynamical behaviour of system (2-
6). When R 0 1, Theorem 1 tell
us that the unique endemic equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable and the disease persists
at the endemic equilibrium level if it is initially present. Some numerical examples are taken
to illustrate the analysis results. Finally, we discussed and analy sed the characteristics of
different control strategies according to the basic reproductive number R0.
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