Sander, L.M; Warren, C.P; Sokolov, I.M - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 325 (2003) 1, pp. 1-8
Spatial models for spread of an epidemic may be mapped onto bond percolation. We point out that with disorder in the strength of contacts between individuals patchiness in the spread of the epidemic is very likely, and the criterion for epidemic outbreak depends strongly on the disorder because...