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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4037715 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Wei W Tang Ming M Yang Hui H Younghae Do Lai Ying-Cheng YC Lee GyuWon G
Scientific reports 20140529
The spread of disease through a physical-contact network and the spread of information about the disease on a communication network are two intimately related dynamical processes. We investigate the asymmetrical interplay between the two types of spreading dynamics, each occurring on its own layer, by focusing on the two fundamental quantities underlying any spreading process: epidemic threshold and the final infection ratio. We find that an epidemic outbreak on the contact layer can induce an o ...[more]