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The unintended consequences of inconsistent pandemic control policies
Benjamin M. Althouse, Brendan Wallace, Brendan Case +4
Controlling the spread of COVID-19 - even after a licensed vaccine is available - requires the effective use of non-pharmaceutical interventions: physical distancing, limits on gro…
Stochasticity and heterogeneity in the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2
Benjamin M. Althouse, Edward A. Wenger, Joel C. Miller +4
SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 disease has moved rapidly around the globe, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. The basic reproduction number, which has been widely u…
The role of directionality, heterogeneity and correlations in epidemic risk and spread
Antoine Allard, Cristopher Moore, Samuel V. Scarpino +2
Most models of epidemic spread, including many designed specifically for COVID-19, implicitly assume mass-action contact patterns and undirected contact networks, meaning that the…
Spread of infectious disease and social awareness as parasitic contagions on clustered networks
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Dina Mistry, Benjamin M. Althouse
There is a rich history of models for the interaction of a biological contagion like influenza with the spread of related information such as an influenza vaccination campaign. Rec…
Beyond : Heterogeneity in secondary infections and probabilistic epidemic forecasting
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Benjamin M. Althouse, Samuel V. Scarpino +1
The basic reproductive number -- -- is one of the most common and most commonly misapplied numbers in public health. Although often used to compare outbreaks and forecast pan…