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PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 9(12) December 2013

Epidemic spread on weighted networks.

Epidemics spread along networks of infectious contacts, in particular those with high contact intensity or weight. Kamp et al. show that the preference of pathogens to travel along "highways" of high weight in the contact network strongly impacts epidemic dynamics.

Image Credit: Andreas Bunten and clix

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Epidemic spread on weighted networks.

Epidemics spread along networks of infectious contacts, in particular those with high contact intensity or weight. Kamp et al. show that the preference of pathogens to travel along "highways" of high weight in the contact network strongly impacts epidemic dynamics.

Image Credit: Andreas Bunten and clix

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v09.i12.g001