Epidemic Wave Dynamics Attributable to Urban Community Structure: A Theoretical Characterization of Disease Transmission in a Large Network

BackgroundMultiple waves of transmission during infectious disease epidemics represent a major public health challenge, but the ecological and behavioral drivers of epidemic resurgence are poorly understood. In theory, community structure—aggregation into highly intraconnected and loosely interconne...

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Main Authors: Hoen, Anne G, Hladish, Thomas J, Eggo, Rosalind M, Lenczner, Michael, Brownstein, John S, Meyers, Lauren Ancel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2015/7/e169/