Estimating age-mixing patterns relevant for the transmission of airborne infections

Introduction: Age-mixing patterns can have substantial effects on infectious disease dynamics and intervention effects. Data on close contacts (people spoken to and/or touched) are often used to estimate age-mixing. These are not the only relevant contacts for airborne infections such as tuberculosi...

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Main Authors: Nicky McCreesh, Carl Morrow, Keren Middelkoop, Robin Wood, Richard G. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Epidemics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436518301646