How Viruses Spread among Computers and People

The study of communication networks has interesting parallels both with conventional epidemiology and with the ability of ecosystems to handle disturbances. In striking contrast with the usual models, a recent study found no threshold for epidemic spread: Within the observed topology of the Internet...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2001-05, Vol.292 (5520), p.1316-1317
Main Authors: Lloyd, Alun L., May, Robert M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Computer Security
Computer viruses
Disease models
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Genes
Genomes
Infections
Internet
Perspectives
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Networks
Splicing
Studies
Topology
Transcription factors
Vertebrates
Virus diseases
Viruses
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Summary:The study of communication networks has interesting parallels both with conventional epidemiology and with the ability of ecosystems to handle disturbances. In striking contrast with the usual models, a recent study found no threshold for epidemic spread: Within the observed topology of the Internet and the World Wide Web, viruses can spread even when infection probabilities are vanishingly small.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1061076