The emergence and rapid global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
coronavirus in 2002–2003 prompted efforts by modelers to characterize SARS epidemiology …

Networks are ubiquitous in natural, technological and social systems. They are of increasing
relevance for improved understanding and control of infectious diseases of plants, animals …

Social insects are able to mount both group‐level and individual defences against
pathogens. Here we focus on individual defences, by presenting a genome‐wide analysis of …

We study the voter model on heterogeneous graphs. We exploit the nonconservation of the
magnetization to characterize how consensus is reached. For a network of N nodes with an …

Gidgee skinks (Egernia stokesii) form large social aggregations in rocky outcrops across the
Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Group members share refuges (rock crevices), which …

This paper discusses the application of optimal and sub-optimal controls to a SEQIJR SARS
model via the Pontryagin's Maximum Principle. To this end, two control variables …

Background: The rapid spread of COVID-19 means that government and health services
providers have little time to plan and design effective response policies. It is therefore …

The goal of this paper is to study the global spread of SARS. We propose a multiregional
compartmental model using medical geography theory (central place theory) and regarding …

We discuss the dynamics of a minimal model for spreading of infectious diseases, such as
various types of influenza. The spreading takes place on a dynamic small-world network and …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemics in 2002–2003 showed how
quickly a novel infectious disease can spread both within communities and internationally …