Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Until recently, mathematical models of person to person infectious diseases transmission had to make assumptions on transmissions enabled by personal contacts by estimating the so-called WAIFW-matrix. In order to better inform such e...

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Main Authors: Van Damme Pierre, Shkedy Ziv, Aerts Marc, Goeyvaerts Nele, Hens Niel, Beutels Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/5