Influenza infection manifests in a wide spectrum of severity, including symptomless
pathogen carriers. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 55 studies to …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …

The current pandemic threat can be best understood within an ecological framework that
takes account of the history of past pandemics caused by influenza A, the relationships …

Background. Epidemiological studies suggest that, following infection with influenza virus,
there is a short period during which a host experiences a lower susceptibility to infection with …

SARS-CoV-2 started causing infections in humans in late 2019 and has spread rapidly
around the world. While the number of symptomatically infected and severely ill people is …

Ordinary differential equation systems (ODEs) are frequently used for dynamical system
modeling in many science fields such as economics, physics, engineering, and systems …

The spread of H5N1 virus to Europe and continued human infection in Southeast Asia have
heightened pandemic concern. Although, fortunately, sustained human-to-human …

In this paper, an SVEIS epidemic model for an infectious disease that spreads in the host
population through horizontal transmission is investigated. The role that temporary immunity …

The 1918 influenza pandemic was characterized by multiple epidemic waves. We
investigated reactive social distancing, a form of behavioral response where individuals …

There is still limited understanding of key determinants of spatial spread of influenza. The
1918 pandemic provides an opportunity to elucidate spatial determinants of spread on a …