Detecting and quantifying heterogeneity in susceptibility using contact tracing data.

The presence of heterogeneity in susceptibility, differences between hosts in their likelihood of becoming infected, can fundamentally alter disease dynamics and public health responses, for example, by changing the final epidemic size, the duration of an epidemic, and even the vaccination threshold...

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Main Authors: Beth M Tuschhoff, David A Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012310