A systematic review of social contact surveys to inform transmission models of close-contact infections
Background: Researchers increasingly use social contact data to inform models for
infectious disease spread with the aim of guiding effective policies about disease prevention …
infectious disease spread with the aim of guiding effective policies about disease prevention …
The impact of the built environment on health behaviours and disease transmission in social systems
N Pinter-Wollman, A Jelić… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The environment plays an important role in disease dynamics and in determining the health
of individuals. Specifically, the built environment has a large impact on the prevention and …
of individuals. Specifically, the built environment has a large impact on the prevention and …
Contact patterns in a high school: a comparison between data collected using wearable sensors, contact diaries and friendship surveys
R Mastrandrea, J Fournet, A Barrat - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Given their importance in shaping social networks and determining how information or
transmissible diseases propagate in a population, interactions between individuals are the …
transmissible diseases propagate in a population, interactions between individuals are the …
Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions: An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era
Mathematical models have played a key role in understanding the spread of directly-
transmissible infectious diseases such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as …
transmissible infectious diseases such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as …
Estimating potential infection transmission routes in hospital wards using wearable proximity sensors
Background Contacts between patients, patients and health care workers (HCWs) and
among HCWs represent one of the important routes of transmission of hospital-acquired …
among HCWs represent one of the important routes of transmission of hospital-acquired …
Contact patterns among high school students
J Fournet, A Barrat - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Face-to-face contacts between individuals contribute to shape social networks and play an
important role in determining how infectious diseases can spread within a population. It is …
important role in determining how infectious diseases can spread within a population. It is …
[HTML][HTML] The French connection: the first large population-based contact survey in France relevant for the spread of infectious diseases
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 …
infectious diseases. To date, no such data existed for France. Although infectious diseases …
Data on face-to-face contacts in an office building suggest a low-cost vaccination strategy based on community linkers
Empirical data on contacts between individuals in social contexts play an important role in
providing information for models describing human behavior and how epidemics spread in …
providing information for models describing human behavior and how epidemics spread in …
Mitigation of infectious disease at school: targeted class closure vs school closure
Background School environments are thought to play an important role in the community
spread of infectious diseases such as influenza because of the high mixing rates of school …
spread of infectious diseases such as influenza because of the high mixing rates of school …
Close contact behavior in indoor environment and transmission of respiratory infection
Close contact was first identified as the primary route of transmission for most respiratory
infections in the early 20th century. In this review, we synthesize the existing understanding …
infections in the early 20th century. In this review, we synthesize the existing understanding …