Modeling the invasion and spread of contagious disease in heterogeneous populations
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Geology topics
P.L.F. Johnson
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Duelling timescales of host mixing and disease spread determine invasion of disease in structured populations
The epidemic potential of a disease is traditionally assessed using the basic reproductive number, R 0 . However, in populations with social or spatial structure a chronic disease is more likely to invade than an acute disease with the same R 0 , because it persists longer within each group and allows for more host movement between groups. Acute diseases ‘perceive’ a more structured host population, and it is more important to consider host population structure in analyses of these diseases. The probability of a pandemic does not arise independently from characteristics of either the host or disease, but rather from the interaction of host movement and disease recovery timescales. The R * statistic, a group-level equivalent of R 0 , is a better indicator of disease invasion in structured populations than the individual-level R 0 .
Ecology Letters↗