Aggregation of children in schools has been established to be a key driver of transmission of
infectious diseases. Mathematical models of transmission used to predict the impact of …

Temporal networks of face-to-face interactions between individuals are useful proxies of the
dynamics of social systems on fast timescales. Several empirical statistical properties of …

Schools play a central role in the transmission of many respiratory infections.
Heterogeneous social contact patterns associated with the social structures of schools (ie …

Background To control within-school SARS-CoV-2 transmission in England, secondary
school pupils have been encouraged to participate in twice weekly mass testing via lateral …

Many epidemic models approximate social contact behavior by assuming random mixing
within mixing groups (eg, homes, schools, and workplaces). The effect of more realistic …

Estimates of contact among children, used for infectious disease transmission models and
understanding social patterns, historically rely on self-report logs. Recently, wireless sensor …

The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has impacted children's education, with schools required to
implement infection control measures that have led to periods of absence and classroom …

Recent serological studies of seasonal influenza A in humans suggest a striking
characteristic profile of immunity against age, which holds across different countries and …

Past patterns of infectious disease transmission set the stage on which modern
epidemiologic dynamics are played out. Here, we present a comprehensive account of …

Mixing matrices are included in infectious disease models to reflect transmission
opportunities between population strata. These matrices were originally constructed on the …