Using mobile phone data to reveal risk flow networks underlying the HIV epidemic in Namibia
Human mobility influences the spatial distribution of infectious diseases such as HIV. Here, the authors use call data records from mobile phones to model HIV networks in Namibia and estimate that ~40% of the risk of HIV acquisition is driven by mobility.
Main Authors: | Eugenio Valdano, Justin T. Okano, Vittoria Colizza, Honore K. Mitonga, Sally Blower |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23051-w |
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