The impact of illness on social networks: Implications for transmission and control of influenza

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1655-1662

  Kerckhove, Kim Van ^a   Hens, Niel ^a,b   Edmunds, W John ^c   Eames, Ken T D ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Contact networks; Disease transmission; Influenza; R 0 ratio; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; IMPACT; INFLUENZA; REPRODUCTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SECONDARY INFECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGE; CONTACT NETWORKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; R0 RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ENGLAND; EPIDEMICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890112290     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt196     Document Type: Article

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