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SUBMITTER: Read JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2607433 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Read Jonathan M JM Eames Ken T D KT Edmunds W John WJ
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20080901 26
Understanding the nature of human contact patterns is crucial for predicting the impact of future pandemics and devising effective control measures. However, few studies provide a quantitative description of the aspects of social interactions that are most relevant to disease transmission. Here, we present the results from a detailed diary-based survey of casual (conversational) and close contact (physical) encounters made by a small peer group of 49 adults who recorded 8,661 encounters with 3,5 ...[more]