Publication Name	World Journal of Methodology
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Category	Health Care Sciences & Services
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Article Title	Pandemic control - do's and don'ts from a control theory perspective
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Latchezar Tomov, Dimitrina Miteva, Metodija Sekulovski, Hristiana Batselova and Tsvetelina Velikova
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Corresponding Author	Tsvetelina Velikova, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chief Doctor, Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Kozyak 1 Street, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria. tsvelikova@medfac.mu-sofia.bg
Key Words	COVID-19 pandemic; Control; Control theory; COVID zero; Flattening the curve
Core Tip	Controlling an epidemic is a massive challenge due to the nonlinear systems involved and interactions that are hard to model and predict well. Therefore, any pandemic control policy must apply at least the basic principles of control theory, including having multiple measures simultaneously and having models and predictions to combat the time delay between exposure and symptom onset that could lead to loss of life and controllability of the pandemic. In addition, a control-theoretic-based policy needs to factor in a large set of mutual interactions between people, animals, and pathogens that includes media and social networks and their influence on people's behavior, including fake news and the viral spread of disinformation.
Publish Date	2022-09-16 10:39
Citation	Tomov L, Miteva D, Sekulovski M, Batselova H, Velikova T. Pandemic control - do's and don'ts from a control theory perspective. World J Methodol 2022; 12(5): 392-401
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v12/i5/392.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v12.i5.392

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