title: Spatial spread of the Hantavirus infection.
abstract: The spatial propagation of Hantavirus-infected mice is considered a serious threat for public health. We analyze the spatial spread of the infected mice by including diffusion in the stage-dependent model for Hantavirus infection recently proposed by Reinoso and de la Rubia [Phys. Rev. E 87, 042706 (2013)]. We consider a general scenario in which mice propagate in fronts from their refugia to the surroundings and find an expression for the speed of the front of infected mice. We also introduce a depletion time that measures the time scale for an appreciable impoverishment of the environment conditions and show how this new situation may change the spreading of the infection significantly.
authors: Departamento de Física Fundamental, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED, Paseo Senda del Rey 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors: José A
authors: JA
authors: Reinoso
authors: Departamento de Física Fundamental, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-UNED, Paseo Senda del Rey 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors: F Javier
authors: FJ
authors: de la Rubia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D051379:Mice; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D062206:Spatial Analysis