Self-inhibiting percolation and viral spreading in epithelial tissue
Xiaochan Xu, Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Kim Sneppen
The paper models SARS-CoV-2 infection spread using a cellular automaton, showing that heterogeneity in infections arises from sensitivity near a critical threshold and that few IFN-primed cells can limit viral proliferation.
eLife · Jan 24, 2024Peer-reviewedSystems Biology