A new method (“explosive immunization”) is proposed for immunization and targeted
destruction of networks. It combines the explosive percolation (EP) paradigm with the idea of …

Honeybee declines are a serious threat to global agricultural security and productivity.
Although multiple factors contribute to these declines, parasites are a key driver. Disease …

Knowledge on the transmission tree of an epidemic can provide valuable insights into
disease dynamics. The transmission tree can be reconstructed by analysing either detailed …

Recognition is a prerequisite for non-random association amongst individuals. We explore
how non-random association patterns (ie who spends time with whom) affect disease …

Networks are ubiquitous in natural, technological and social systems. They are of increasing
relevance for improved understanding and control of infectious diseases of plants, animals …

The human immune response does an excellent job of clearing most of the pathogens that
we encounter throughout our lives. However, some pathogens persist for the lifetime of the …

African swine fever (ASF) is a notifiable infectious disease with a considerable impact on
animal health and is currently one of the most important emerging diseases of domestic …

The accurate identification of the route of transmission taken by an infectious agent through
a host population is critical to understanding its epidemiology and informing measures for its …

Social network analyses tend to focus on human interactions. However, there is a
burgeoning interest in applying graph theory to ecological data from animal populations …

Wildlife is a maintenance host for several significant livestock diseases. Interspecific
pathogen transmission may occur in complex socio‐ecological systems at wild‐domestic …