The Dynamical Processes in Complex Societies (DPCS) unit has an extensive range of scientific expertise in computational modelling of infectious diseases and epidemiology. Its main focuses are:
- effects of risk perception, vaccination choices and spontaneous behavioural changes on contact patterns;
Transmission dynamics of the ongoing chikungunya outbreak in Central Italy: from coastal areas to the metropolitan city of Rome, summer 2017 (Eurosurveillance, 2017)
A large chikungunya outbreak is ongoing in Italy, with a main cluster in the Anzio coastal municipality...
The persistent circulation of measles in both low-income and high-income countries requires a better characterisation of present epidemiological trends and existing immunity gaps across different sociodemographic settings...