Spatial Landscape Structure Influences Cross-Species Transmission in a Rabies-like Virus Model.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we simulated biologically realistic agent-based models over neutral landscapes to examine how spatial structure affects the spread of a rabies-like virus in a two-species system. We built landscapes with varying autocorrelation levels and simulated disease dynamics using different transmission rates for intra- and interspecies spread. The results were analysed based on combinations of spatial landscape structures and transmission rates, focusing on the median number of new reservoir and spillover cases. We found that both spatial landscape structures and viral transmission rates are key factors in determining the number of infected simulated agents and the epidemiological week when the highest number of cases occurs. While isolated habitat patches with elevated carrying capa

SUBMITTER: Forero-Munoz NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11858330 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature