Empirical data show that the travel dynamics of individuals is characterized by a broadly distributed trip duration, with a length of stay at destination spanning many orders of magnitude. Such varying length of stay affects the possibility and duration of mixing events among individuals and may therefore have a strong impact on the geographical propagation of infectious diseases. We account for this aspect in the theoretical work recently published in Nature Scientific Reports:
Heterogeneous length of stay of hosts’ movements and spatial epidemic spread
C. Poletto, M. Tizzoni, V. Colizza
Nature Scientific Reports 2:476 (2012).
read more at: http://epifor.eu/bb/post/72
Heterogeneous length of stay of hosts’ movements and spatial epidemic spread
C. Poletto, M. Tizzoni, V. Colizza
Nature Scientific Reports 2:476 (2012).
read more at: http://epifor.eu/bb/post/72
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