In an ecological system pathogens often need to share their host with other pathogens, and therefore
compete for the resources with different spreading strategies. They can interact in different
manners: for a short period cooperation between pathogens can lead to faster and larger host
occupation [1-5]. Spanish Flu and HIV are examples of such cases. The cooperation, however, can
lead to death of the host population and consequently also pathogens’ death. Therefore on a long
run, the cooperation strategy is not necessary the best. Here, we first show non-trivial dynamical effects of cooperation and competition in an ecological
framework; Then we propose and study an evolutionary game
model in order to understand the co-evolutionary dynamics of two co-infecting pathogens.
[1] L. Chen, F Ghanbarnejad, W. Cai, P. Grassberger, EPL 104, 5 (2013).
[2] W. Cai, L. Chen, F. Ghanbarnejad, P. Grassberger, Nature Physics 11, 936 (2015).
[3] P. Grassberger, L. Chen, F. Ghanbarnejad, W. Cai, Physical Review E 93, 042316 (2016).
[4] J. P. Rodríguez, F. Ghanbarnejad, V. M. Eguíluz, Frontiers in Physics, V 5, P 46 (2017).
[5] L. Chen, F. Ghanbarnejad, D. Brockmann, New J. Phys. 19, 103041(2017).
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