Contact profiles in eight European countries and implications for modelling the spread of airborne infectious diseases.

BACKGROUND: For understanding the spread of infectious diseases it is crucial to have knowledge of the patterns of contacts in a population during which the infection can be transmitted. Besides contact rates and mixing between age groups, the way individuals distribute their contacts across differe...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Kretzschmar, Rafael T Mikolajczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2691957?pdf=render