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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Volume 309, Issue 3-4, Pages 445-452Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00618-0
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small-world networks; epidemiological models; immunization
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The propagation of model epidemics on a small-world network under the action of immunization is studied. Although the connectivity in this kind of networks is rather uniform, a vaccination strategy focused on the best connected individuals yields a considerable improvement of disease control. The model exhibits a transition from disease localization to propagation as the disorder of the underlying network grows. As a consequence, for fixed disorder, a threshold immunization level exists above which the disease remains localized. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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