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Epidemic Threshold in Structured Scale-Free Networks
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We analyze the spreading of viruses in scale-free networks with high clustering and degree correlations, as found in the Internet graph. For the susceptible-infected-susceptible model of epidemics the prevalence undergoes a phase transition at a finite threshold of the transmission probability. Comparing with the absence of a finite threshold in networks with purely random wiring, our result suggests that high clustering (modularity) and degree correlations protect scale-free networks against the spreading of viruses. We introduce and verify a quantitative description of the epidemic threshold based on the connectivity of the neighborhoods of the hubs.
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- Authors
- Eguíluz, V. M., & Klemm, K.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2002-08-16
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 108701-108701
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2037881439
- Cited by
- 353
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 9.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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