Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1789, 2014, Pages

  Kwok, Kin O ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Wei, Vivian W I ^a   Wu, Kendra M ^a   Read, Jonathan M ^b   Lessler, Justin ^c   Cummings, Derek A ^c   Malik Peiris, J S ^a   Riley, Steven ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact patterns; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

AGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005842111     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0709     Document Type: Article

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