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.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14229-4 |