Analysis of steady state solutions to an age structured SEQIR model with optimal vaccination

Abstract: Quarantine of those individuals who are suspected of being infected is one of the intervention measures to contain the spread of an infectious disease. We propose an age structured SEQIR (S-Susceptible, E-Exposed, Q-Quarantine, I-Infected, R-Recovered) model with vaccination of susceptible and exposed individuals. Firstly without vaccination, basic reproduction number is derived by using the appearance of endemic steady state. With an appropriate Liapunov function, stability of disease free equilibrium point is checked. Vaccinating a population with reduction in number of infected individuals at minimal cost is considered as an optimization problem. We show that the vaccination strategy is concentrated on atmost three age classes.