Community structure in social networks: applications for epidemiological modelling |
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Authors: | Kitchovitch Stephan Liò Pietro |
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Institution: | Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Stephan.Kitchovitch@cl.cam.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | During an infectious disease outbreak people will often change their behaviour to reduce their risk of infection. Furthermore, in a given population, the level of perceived risk of infection will vary greatly amongst individuals. The difference in perception could be due to a variety of factors including varying levels of information regarding the pathogen, quality of local healthcare, availability of preventative measures, etc. In this work we argue that we can split a social network, representing a population, into interacting communities with varying levels of awareness of the disease. We construct a theoretical population and study which such communities suffer most of the burden of the disease and how their awareness affects the spread of infection. We aim to gain a better understanding of the effects that community-structured networks and variations in awareness, or risk perception, have on the disease dynamics and to promote more community-resolved modelling in epidemiology. |
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