Jorge X. Velasco‐Hernández

Multiscale Modeling of Vector-Borne Diseases: The Role of Dose-Dependent Transmission

This study develops a multiscale epidemic model linking host-vector transmission to within-host and within-vector pathogen dynamics, showing that nonlinear coupling can lead to complex epidemiological behaviors.

COUPLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND DIRECT TRANSMISSIONMECHANISMS: ANALYSIS OF A SIMPLE MODEL

The paper analyzes a simple epidemiological model that incorporates both environmental and direct human-to-human transmission, revealing complex dynamics and bifurcation behavior.

A general allometric rule predicts sustainable growth across societies

The paper derives a general sustainability rule using allometric scaling laws and tests it against ethnographic data from hunter-gatherer societies, finding consistent alignment with predicted sustainability corridors.

A simple within-host, between-host model for a vector-transmitted disease

The paper develops a model linking epidemiological and immunological dynamics to show sustained low viral load infections can trigger epidemics even with within-host reproduction numbers below one.