Dengue epidemics and human mobility

In this work we explore the effects of human mobility on the dispersion of a vector borne disease. We combine an already presented stochastic model for dengue with a simple representation of the daily motion of humans on a schematic city of 20x20 blocks with 100 inhabitants in each block. The patter...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2011-02
Main Authors: Barmak, Daniel H, Dorso, Claudio O, Otero, Marcelo, Solari, Hernán G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dispersion
Epidemics
Viral diseases
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Summary:In this work we explore the effects of human mobility on the dispersion of a vector borne disease. We combine an already presented stochastic model for dengue with a simple representation of the daily motion of humans on a schematic city of 20x20 blocks with 100 inhabitants in each block. The pattern of motion of the individuals is described in terms of complex networks in which links connect different blocks and the link length distribution is in accordance with recent findings on human mobility. It is shown that human mobility can turn out to be the main driving force of the disease dispersal.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1102.3869