Loading...
research article
A low-cost method to assess the epidemiological importance of individuals in controlling infectious disease outbreaks
2013
Infectious disease outbreaks in communities can be controlled by early detection and effective prevention measures. Assessing the relative importance of each individual community member with respect to these two processes requires detailed knowledge about the underlying social contact network on which the disease can spread. However, mapping social contact networks is typically too resource-intensive to be a practical possibility for most communities and institutions.
Loading...
Name
1741-7015-11-35.pdf
Type
Publisher's version
Access type
openaccess
Size
763.13 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
ca2499efe2c572b00f84f2b786f75d95