The reachability of contagion in temporal contact networks: how disease latency can exploit the rhythm of human behavior
Abstract Background The symptoms of many infectious diseases influence their host to withdraw from social activity limiting their potential to spread. Successful transmission therefore requires the onset of infectiousness to coincide with a time when the host is socially active. Since social activit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3117-6 |