Multiscale mobility networks and the spatial spreading of infectious diseases

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 21484-21489

  Balcan, Duygu ^a,b   Colizza, Vittoria ^c   Gonçalves, Bruno ^a,b   Hud, Hao ^b   Ramasco, José J ^b   Vespignani, Alessandro ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Computational epidemiology; Human mobility; Multiscale phenomena

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAVITY; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 76049115282     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906910106     Document Type: Article

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