Social encounter networks: Collective properties and disease transmission

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 76, 2012, Pages 2826-2833

  Danon, Leon ^a,b   House, Thomas A ^a   Read, Jonathan M ^c   Keeling, Matt J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Infectious disease; Power law; Social contact; Survey

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES; BASIC PROPERTIES; COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES; DEGREE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAVY-TAILED; INFECTION TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOCAL CLUSTERING; LOCAL NETWORKS; LOG-NORMAL; MECHANISTIC MODELS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; POLICY DECISIONS; POPULATION LEVELS; POWER LAW; POWER-LAW TAIL;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867459279     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0357     Document Type: Article

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