High-resolution measurements of face-to-face contact patterns in a primary school
Background Little quantitative information is available on the mixing patterns of children in
school environments. Describing and understanding contacts between children at school …
school environments. Describing and understanding contacts between children at school …
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] Social contacts and mixing patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases
Background Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases transmitted by the respiratory or
close-contact route (eg, pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the …
close-contact route (eg, pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the …
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 …
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 …
Social contacts of school children and the transmission of respiratory-spread pathogens
RT Mikolajczyk, MK Akmatov, S Rastin… - Epidemiology & …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Empirical data about contact frequencies of children is needed for estimating parameters in
mathematical modelling studies that investigate the effect of targeting influenza intervention …
mathematical modelling studies that investigate the effect of targeting influenza intervention …
Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium
Background Until recently, mathematical models of person to person infectious diseases
transmission had to make assumptions on transmissions enabled by personal contacts by …
transmission had to make assumptions on transmissions enabled by personal contacts by …
Estimating the impact of school closure on social mixing behaviour and the transmission of close contact infections in eight European countries
Background Mathematical modelling of infectious disease is increasingly used to help guide
public health policy. As directly transmitted infections, such as influenza and tuberculosis …
public health policy. As directly transmitted infections, such as influenza and tuberculosis …
Estimating contact patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases in Russia
M Ajelli, M Litvinova - Journal of theoretical biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding human mixing patterns is the key to provide public health decision makers
with model-based evaluation of strategies for the control of infectious diseases. Here we …
with model-based evaluation of strategies for the control of infectious diseases. Here we …
[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 …