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Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations

BACKGROUND: In classical mathematical epidemiology, individuals do not adapt their contact behavior during epidemics. They do not endogenously engage, for example, in social distancing based on fear. Yet, adaptive behavior is well-documented in true epidemics. We explore the effect of including such...

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Autores principales: Epstein, Joshua M., Parker, Jon, Cummings, Derek, Hammond, Ross A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003955