If smallpox strikes Portland ...

被引:71
作者
Barrett, CL [1 ]
Eubank, SG [1 ]
Smith, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] Virginia Bioinformat Inst, Simulat Sci Lab, Blacksburg, VA USA
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10.1038/scientificamerican0305-54
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
'EpiSims' or epidemiological simulations study the spread of plagues in real cities to see how social networks spread disease. This knowledge may help in stopping epidemics. Such a simulation was carried out for the case of smallpox in Portland, Oregon.
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