Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Prem, Kiesha ^a   Cook, Alex R ^a,b   Jit, Mark ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

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

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

CONTACT MATRIX; CONTACT PATTERN; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DYNAMICS MODELS; EPIDEMIC MODELING; HOME WORK; SOCIAL CONTACTS; SPECIFIC CONTACT; SURVEY DATA; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

LOCATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030468714     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005697     Document Type: Article

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