Infectious diseases and social distancing in nature

S Stockmaier, N Stroeymeyt, EC Shattuck, DM Hawley… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Contagious pathogens can trigger diverse changes in host social
behaviors, rewiring their social networks and profoundly influencing the extent and pace of …

Behavioural change models for infectious disease transmission: a systematic review (2010–2015)

F Verelst, L Willem, P Beutels - Journal of The Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review behavioural change models (BCMs) for infectious disease transmission in
humans. Following the Cochrane collaboration guidelines and the PRISMA statement, our …

Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics

NG Davies, P Klepac, Y Liu, K Prem, M Jit, RM Eggo - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a markedly low proportion of cases among children,,–.
Age disparities in observed cases could be explained by children having lower susceptibility …

Impact of lockdown on COVID-19 epidemic in Île-de-France and possible exit strategies

L Di Domenico, G Pullano, CE Sabbatini, PY Boëlle… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background More than half of the global population is under strict forms of social distancing.
Estimating the expected impact of lockdown and exit strategies is critical to inform decision …

Dynamic prioritization of COVID-19 vaccines when social distancing is limited for essential workers

JH Buckner, G Chowell… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized in multiple countries, and more are under rapid
development. Careful design of a vaccine prioritization strategy across sociodemographic …

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 …

Statistical physics of vaccination

Z Wang, CT Bauch, S Bhattacharyya, A d'Onofrio… - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

COVID-19 vaccines that reduce symptoms but do not block infection need higher coverage and faster rollout to achieve population impact

DA Swan, C Bracis, H Janes, M Moore, L Matrajt… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Trial results for two COVID-19 vaccines suggest at least 90% efficacy against symptomatic
disease (VEDIS). It remains unknown whether this efficacy is mediated by lowering SARS …

Contacts in context: large-scale setting-specific social mixing matrices from the BBC Pandemic project

P Klepac, AJ Kucharski, AJK Conlan, S Kissler… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nine challenges in incorporating the dynamics of behaviour in infectious diseases models

S Funk, S Bansal, CT Bauch, KTD Eames… - Epidemics, 2015 - Elsevier
Traditionally, the spread of infectious diseases in human populations has been modelled
with static parameters. These parameters, however, can change when individuals change …