Effects of reactive social distancing on the 1918 influenza pandemic.

The 1918 influenza pandemic was characterized by multiple epidemic waves. We investigated reactive social distancing, a form of behavioral response where individuals avoid potentially infectious contacts in response to available information on an ongoing epidemic or pandemic. We modelled its effects...

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Main Authors: Duo Yu, Qianying Lin, Alice Py Chiu, Daihai He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5507503?pdf=render