Why crowding matters in the time of COVID-19 pandemic? - a lesson from the carnival effect on the 2017/2018 influenza epidemic in the Netherlands

Abstract Background To evaluate the association between crowding and transmission of viral respiratory infectious diseases, we investigated the change in transmission patterns of influenza and COVID-19 before and after a mass gathering event (i.e., carnival) in the Netherlands. Methods Information o...

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Main Authors: LUMC-COVID-19 Research Group, Qingui Chen, Myrthe M. A. Toorop, Mark G. J. de Boer, Frits R. Rosendaal, Willem M. Lijfering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09612-6