title: Evaluating roles of nodes in optimal allocation of vaccines with economic considerations.
abstract: Since the allocation of vaccines is often constrained by limited resources, designing an economical vaccination strategy is a fundamental goal of the epidemiological modelling. In this study, with the objective of reducing costs, we determine the optimal allocation of vaccines for a general class of infectious diseases that spread mainly via contact. We use an optimization routine to identify the roles of nodes with distinct degrees as depending on the cost of treatment to that of vaccination (relative cost of treatment). The optimal allocation drives vaccination priority to medium-degree nodes at a low relative cost of treatment or to high-degree nodes at a high relative cost of treatment. According to the presented results, we may adjust the vaccination priority in the face of an endemic situation.
authors: FIRST, Aihara Innovative Mathematical Modelling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan. bingbignmath@gmail.com
authors: Bing
authors: B
authors: Wang
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Suzuki
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Aihara
mesh_terms: D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D055256:Infectious Disease Incubation Period; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000379:methods*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics; D014612:Vaccines / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
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