Pertussis is a severe respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis, and in 2008,
pertussis was associated with an estimated 16 million cases and 195,000 deaths globally …

For much of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic upended social and economic life globally. In an
effort to reduce COVID-19 risks in the US, state and local governments issued many …

This paper examines the determinants of social distancing during the shutdown phase of the
COVID-19 epidemic. We classify state and local government actions, and we study multiple …

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted primarily through close, person-to-person interactions. Physical
distancing policies can control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by reducing the amount of these …

Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of emergence and circulation of new human
seasonal influenza virus variants is a key scientific and public health challenge. The global …

Social mixing patterns are crucial in driving transmission of infectious diseases and
informing public health interventions to contain their spread. Age-specific social mixing is …

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has recently re-emerged as a major public health
threat despite high levels of vaccination against the aetiological agent Bordetella pertussis …

Background Empirical social contact patterns are essential to understand the spread of
infectious diseases. To date, no such data existed for France. Although infectious diseases …

Understanding of the mechanisms driving our daily face-to-face encounters is still limited;
the field lacks large-scale datasets describing both individual behaviors and their collective …

The primary tool for predicting infectious disease spread and intervention effectiveness is
the mass action susceptible–infected–recovered model of Kermack & McKendrick. Its …