Online respondent-driven sampling for studying contact patterns relevant for the spread of close-contact pathogens: a pilot study in Thailand

Background: Information on social interactions is needed to understand the spread of airborne infections through a population. Previous studies mostly collected egocentric information of independent respondents with self-reported information about contacts. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a samp...

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Main Authors: Stein, Mart L. (Author), van Steenbergen, Jim E. (Author), Chanyasanha, Charnchudhi (Author), Tipayamongkholgul, Mathuros (Author), Buskens, Vincent (Author), van der Heijden, Peter G.M (Author), Sabaiwan, Wasamon (Author), Bengtsson, Linus (Author), Lu, Xin (Author), Thorson, Anna E. (Author), Kretzschmar, Mirjam E.E (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-01-08.
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