Improving Estimates of Social Contact Patterns for Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens

Data on social contact patterns are widely used to parameterize age-mixing matrices in mathematical models of infectious diseases. Most studies focus on close contacts only (i.e., persons spoken with face-to-face). This focus may be appropriate for studies of droplet and short-range aerosol transmi...

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Main Authors: Nicky McCreesh, Mbali Mohlamonyane, Anita Edwards, Stephen Olivier, Keabetswe Dikgale, Njabulo Dayi, Dickman Gareta, Robin Wood, Alison D. Grant, Richard G. White, Keren Middelkoop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/10/21-2567_article