📈 The Ecology of Spillover: The Multi-Host SIR Model 🐾
🧭 Conceptual Overview In the ecology of infectious diseases, pathogens frequently circulate among multiple animal species before emerging in humans. The Multi-Host SIR Model is designed to capture this ecological complexity by explicitly representing transmission within and between different host species. This framework is essential for understanding reservoir hosts, amplification species, and the mechanisms that … Read more