How the Dynamics and Structure of Sexual Contact Networks Shape Pathogen Phylogenies
Robinson K, Fyson N, Cohen T, Fraser C, Colijn C. How the Dynamics and Structure of Sexual Contact Networks Shape Pathogen Phylogenies. PLOS Computational Biology 2013, 9: e1003105. PMID: 23818840, PMCID: PMC3688487, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost contact networksPathogen phylogeniesDegree distributionContact networksHomogeneous degree distributionDifferent host networksHeterogeneous degree distributionsCluster sizeMean cluster sizeEpidemic trajectoriesCluster numberTree imbalanceEpidemic spreadDynamic networksPathogen's opportunitiesControl strategyDynamicsNetwork structureTrajectoriesBranch lengthsHost networkNetworkPopulation dynamicsInherent variabilityDistribution