Comparison of contact patterns relevant for transmission of respiratory pathogens in Thailand and The Netherlands using respondent-driven sampling.

Comparison of contact patterns relevant for transmission of respiratory pathogens in Thailand and The Netherlands using respondent-driven sampling.

Understanding infection dynamics of respiratory diseases requires the identification and quantification of behavioural, social and environmental factors that permit the transmission of these infections between humans. Little empirical information is available about contact patterns within real-world...

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Main Authors: Mart L Stein, Jim E van Steenbergen, Vincent Buskens, Peter G M van der Heijden, Charnchudhi Chanyasanha, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Anna E Thorson, Linus Bengtsson, Xin Lu, Mirjam E E Kretzschmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4244136?pdf=render

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