Travel distance, frequency of return, and the spread of disease

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Human mobility is a key driver of infectious disease spread. Recent literature has uncovered a clear pattern underlying the complexity of human mobility in cities: [Formula: see text], the product of distance traveled r and frequency of return f per user to a given location, is invariant across space. This paper asks whether the invariant [Formula: see text] also serves as a driver for epidemic spread, so that the risk associated with human movement can be modeled by a unifying variable [Formula: see text]. We use two large-scale datasets of individual human mobility to show that there is in fact a simple relation between r and f and both speed and spatial dispersion of disease spread. This discovery could assist in modeling spread of disease and inform travel policies in future epidemics-based not only on travel distance r but also on frequency of return f.

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E-Artikel

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 14064

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Englisch

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Heine, Cate [VerfasserIn]
O'Keeffe, Kevin P [VerfasserIn]
Santi, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Li [VerfasserIn]
Ratti, Carlo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 31.08.2023

Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41598-023-38840-0

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NLM361387164