Epidemic modeling in metapopulation systems with heterogeneous coupling pattern: Theory and simulations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 450-467

  Colizza, Vittoria ^a   Vespignani, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Epidemic spreading; Metapopulation models

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIC; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; MOBILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION; METAPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40849087804     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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