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Heterogeneity in SIR epidemics modeling: superspreaders

2020-07-06 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Deterministic epidemic models, such as the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model, are immensely useful even if they lack the nuance and complexity of social contacts at the heart of network science modeling. Here we present a simple modification of the SIR equations to include the heterogeneity of social connection networks. A typical power-law model of social interactions from network science reproduces the observation that individuals with a high number of contacts, "hubs" or "superspread...

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