Analyzing the demographic, spatial, and temporal factors influencing social contact patterns in U.S. and implications for infectious disease spread

Abstract Background Diseases such as COVID-19 are spread through social contact. Reducing social contacts is required to stop disease spread in pandemics for which vaccines have not yet been developed. However, existing data on social contact patterns in the United States (U.S.) is limited. Method W...

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Main Authors: Audrey M. Dorélien, Aparna Ramen, Isabella Swanson, Rachelle Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06610-w