Epidemic spreading under mutually independent intra- and inter-host pathogen evolution

no code implementations • 19 Feb 2021 • Xiyun Zhang, Zhongyuan Ruan, Muhua Zheng, Jie zhou, Stefano Boccaletti, Baruch Barzel

If, however, the pathogen evolves as it spreads, $R_0$ may change over time, potentially leading to a mutation-driven spread, in which an initially sub-pandemic pathogen undergoes a breakthrough mutation.

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