The duration of travel impacts the spatial dynamics of infectious diseases

JR Giles, E zu Erbach-Schoenberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Humans can impact the spatial transmission dynamics of infectious diseases by introducing
pathogens into susceptible environments. The rate at which this occurs depends in part on …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of human mobility on the epidemic spread during holidays

H Li, J Huang, X Lian, Y Zhao, W Yan, L Zhang… - Infectious Disease …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has posed formidable challenges as a significant global health crisis. Its
complexity stems from factors like viral contagiousness, population density, social behaviors …

Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics

A Wesolowski, E zu Erbach-Schoenberg… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Seasonal variation in human mobility is globally ubiquitous and affects the spatial spread of
infectious diseases, but the ability to measure seasonality in human movement has been …

Human mobility and time spent at destination: impact on spatial epidemic spreading

C Poletto, M Tizzoni, V Colizza - Journal of theoretical biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Host mobility plays a fundamental role in the spatial spread of infectious diseases. Previous
theoretical works based on the integration of network theory into the metapopulation …

Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phones

A Wesolowski, G Stresman, N Eagle, J Stevenson… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Human travel impacts the spread of infectious diseases across spatial and temporal scales,
with broad implications for the biological and social sciences. Individual data on travel …

Human mobility patterns predict divergent epidemic dynamics among cities

BD Dalziel, B Pourbohloul… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The epidemic dynamics of infectious diseases vary among cities, but it is unclear how this is
caused by patterns of infectious contact among individuals. Here, we ask whether systematic …

Quantifying seasonal population fluxes driving rubella transmission dynamics using mobile phone data

A Wesolowski, CJE Metcalf, N Eagle… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Changing patterns of human aggregation are thought to drive annual and multiannual
outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the paucity of data about travel behavior and …

Connecting mobility to infectious diseases: the promise and limits of mobile phone data

A Wesolowski, CO Buckee… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Human travel can shape infectious disease dynamics by introducing pathogens into
susceptible populations or by changing the frequency of contacts between infected and …

Heterogeneous length of stay of hosts' movements and spatial epidemic spread

C Poletto, M Tizzoni, V Colizza - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Infectious diseases outbreaks are often characterized by a spatial component induced by
hosts' distribution, mobility and interactions. Spatial models that incorporate hosts' …

Comparison of alternative models of human movement and the spread of disease

ON Bjørnstad, BT Grenfell, C Viboud, AA King - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Predictive models for the spatial spread of infectious diseases has received much attention
in recent years as tools for the management of infectious diseas outbreaks. Prominently …