Quantifying age-related rates of social contact using diaries in a rural coastal population of Kenya.

Improved understanding and quantification of social contact patterns that govern the transmission dynamics of respiratory viral infections has utility in the design of preventative and control measures such as vaccination and social distancing. The objective of this study was to quantify an age-spec...

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Main Authors: Moses Chapa Kiti, Timothy Muiruri Kinyanjui, Dorothy Chelagat Koech, Patrick Kiio Munywoki, Graham Francis Medley, David James Nokes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4134222?pdf=render