[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing social mixing patterns via weighted contact matrices from online and representative surveys
The unprecedented behavioural responses of societies have been evidently shaping the
COVID-19 pandemic, yet it is a significant challenge to accurately monitor the continuously …
COVID-19 pandemic, yet it is a significant challenge to accurately monitor the continuously …
Contacts in context: large-scale setting-specific social mixing matrices from the BBC Pandemic project
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 …
informing public health interventions to contain their spread. Age-specific social mixing is …
[HTML][HTML] SOCRATES-CoMix: a platform for timely and open-source contact mixing data during and in between COVID-19 surges and interventions in over 20 …
Background SARS-CoV-2 dynamics are driven by human behaviour. Social contact data are
of utmost importance in the context of transmission models of close-contact infections …
of utmost importance in the context of transmission models of close-contact infections …
[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the shift in social contact patterns in response to non-pharmaceutical interventions
Z McCarthy, Y Xiao, F Scarabel, B Tang… - Journal of Mathematics …, 2020 - Springer
Social contact mixing plays a critical role in influencing the transmission routes of infectious
diseases. Moreover, quantifying social contact mixing patterns and their variations in a …
diseases. Moreover, quantifying social contact mixing patterns and their variations in a …
[HTML][HTML] Social contact patterns relevant for infectious disease transmission in Cambodia
Social mixing patterns are key determinants of infectious disease transmission.
Mathematical models parameterised with empirical data from contact pattern surveys have …
Mathematical models parameterised with empirical data from contact pattern surveys have …
[HTML][HTML] Inferring the structure of social contacts from demographic data in the analysis of infectious diseases spread
Social contact patterns among individuals encode the transmission route of infectious
diseases and are a key ingredient in the realistic characterization and modeling of …
diseases and are a key ingredient in the realistic characterization and modeling of …
[HTML][HTML] Projecting social contact matrices to different demographic structures
The modeling of large-scale communicable epidemics has greatly benefited in the last years
from the increasing availability of highly detailed data. Particullarly, in order to achieve …
from the increasing availability of highly detailed data. Particullarly, in order to achieve …
[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal social contact data analysis: insights from 2 years of data collection in Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CoMix study, a longitudinal behavioral
survey, was designed to monitor social contacts and public awareness in multiple countries …
survey, was designed to monitor social contacts and public awareness in multiple countries …
[HTML][HTML] Inferring high-resolution human mixing patterns for disease modeling
Mathematical and computational modeling approaches are increasingly used as
quantitative tools in the analysis and forecasting of infectious disease epidemics. The …
quantitative tools in the analysis and forecasting of infectious disease epidemics. The …
[HTML][HTML] Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data
Heterogeneities in contact networks have a major effect in determining whether a pathogen
can become epidemic or persist at endemic levels. Epidemic models that determine which …
can become epidemic or persist at endemic levels. Epidemic models that determine which …