On the existence of a threshold for preventive behavioral responses to suppress epidemic spreading

The spontaneous behavioral responses of individuals to the progress of an epidemic are recognized to have a significant impact on how the infection spreads. One observation is that, even if the infection strength is larger than the classical epidemic threshold, the initially growing infection can di...

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Main Authors: Sahneh, Faryad Darabi, Chowdhury, Fahmida N., Scoglio, Caterina M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433689/