Epidemiological models assume gravity-like interactions of individuals across space without microfoundations. We combine a simple epidemiological framework with dynamic model individual location choice. The predicts that flows people obey structural gravity equation. By means an application to data from Great Britain we show our structural-gravity framework: provides rationale for quarantines; ...

Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain *Correspondence address. Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Carretera de Colmenar km 9,100. 28034 Madrid, Spain. Tel:+34-913368832; Fax:+34-913368809; E-mail: [email protected] Received 27 March 2013; revised version accepted 5 April ...

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Disease spread in most biological populations requires the proximity of agents. In populations where the individuals have spatial mobility, the contact graph is generated by the “collision dynamics” of the agents, and thus the evolution of epidemics couples directly to the spatial dynamics of the population. We first briefly review the properties and the methodology of an agent-based simulation...

We recommend several actions that could improve hospitals' abilities to deliver critical care during epidemics involving large numbers of victims. In the absence of careful pre-event planning, demand for critical care services may quickly exceed available intensive care unit (ICU) staff, beds and equipment, leaving the bulk of the infected populace without benefit of potentially lifesaving crit...