Systematic selection between age and household structure for models aimed at emerging epidemic predictions

Models of emerging epidemics can be exceedingly helpful in planning the response, but early on model selection is a difficult task. Here, the authors explore the joint contribution of age stratification and household structure on epidemic spread, and provides a rule of thumb to guide model choice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorenzo Pellis, Simon Cauchemez, Neil M. Ferguson, Christophe Fraser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14229-4