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Disease and information spreading at different speeds in multiplex networks
Fátima Velásquez-Rojas1, Paulo Cesar Ventura2, Colm Connaughton3
1Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos (UNLP-CONICET), 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
Physical Review. E
|September 18, 2020
Summary
Understanding disease spread is key. This study reveals that while faster information sharing generally reduces epidemics, making information spread much faster than disease spread can paradoxically increase prevalence.
Area of Science:
- Epidemiology
- Network Science
- Mathematical Modeling
Background:
- Controlling epidemic spreading is a significant challenge in public health.
- Understanding the interplay between disease transmission and information dissemination is crucial for effective interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how the spread of knowledge about a disease influences its propagation within interacting populations.
- To analyze the dynamics of disease spread and information dissemination on multiplex networks with a controllable relative speed.
Main Methods:
- Modeling epidemic propagation using susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) dynamics.
- Modeling information dissemination using unaware-aware-unaware (UAU) dynamics on multiplex networks.
- Employing a mean-field approach and Monte Carlo simulations to study model behavior.
Main Results:
- Increased information dissemination rate generally reduces disease prevalence.
- A counterintuitive finding: accelerating information spread significantly faster than epidemic spread can paradoxically increase disease prevalence.
- The relative speed between information and disease propagation critically impacts epidemic outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Information spread dynamics play a complex role in disease control.
- The speed of information dissemination relative to disease transmission is a critical factor that warrants careful consideration in public health strategies.
- Findings suggest a need for nuanced approaches to information campaigns during epidemics.
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