2 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
One pathogen does not an epidemic make: A review of interacting contagions, diseases, beliefs, and stories
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Antoine Allard +15
From pathogens and computer viruses to genes and memes, contagion models have found widespread utility across the natural and social sciences. Despite their success and breadth of…
physics.soc-ph2025
Estimates of the reproduction ratio from epidemic surveillance may be biased in spatially structured populations
Piero Birello, Michele Re Fiorentin, Boxuan Wang +2
Accurate estimates of the reproduction ratio are crucial to project infectious disease epidemic evolution and guide public health response. Here, we prove that estimates of the rep…