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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stein, Mart L ^a,b   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^b,c   Chanyasanha, Charnchudhi ^d   Tipayamongkholgul, Mathuros ^d   Buskens, Vincent ^e   Van Der Heijden, Peter G M ^e,f   Sabaiwan, Wasamon ^g   Bengtsson, Linus ^h   Lu, Xin ^h,i   Thorson, Anna E ^h   Kretzschmar, Mirjam E E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACEBOOK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND;

EID: 84896954261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085256     Document Type: Article

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