Fig. 1

Growth in spatial modeling, 1990–2017 (Web of Science). Search keywords for spatial modeling publications: (spatial model AND infectious diseases) OR (spatial method AND infectious diseases) OR (agent-based model AND infectious diseases) OR (individual-based model AND infectious diseases) OR (metapopulation model AND infectious diseases) OR (microsimulation model AND infectious diseases). Spatial dynamic transmission modeling publications: (microsimulation model AND infectious diseases) OR (agent-based model AND infectious diseases) OR (agent-based modeling AND infectious diseases) OR (individual-based model AND infectious diseases) OR (metapopulation model AND infectious diseases) OR (metapopulation modeling AND infectious diseases)