Quantifying heterogeneous contact patterns in Japan: a social contact survey
Abstract Background Social contact surveys can greatly help in quantifying the heterogeneous patterns of infectious disease transmission. The present study aimed to conduct a contact survey in Japan, offering estimates of contact by age and location and validating a social contact matrix using a ser...
Main Authors: | Lankeshwara Munasinghe, Yusuke Asai, Hiroshi Nishiura |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-019-0102-8 |
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