Epidemic spreading in complex networks with degree correlations

TL;DR

This paper reviews how epidemic spreading dynamics are affected by degree correlations in complex networks, highlighting the influence of network structure on disease propagation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of epidemic spreading models considering degree correlations, an area less explored in traditional network epidemiology.

Findings

Degree correlations significantly influence epidemic thresholds.

Correlated networks can either hinder or facilitate epidemic outbreaks.

Understanding correlations improves epidemic control strategies.

Abstract

We review the behavior of epidemic spreading on complex networks in which there are explicit correlations among the degrees of connected vertices.