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SUBMITTER: Zelner JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3519324 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of public health 20121018 12
Social networks are typically seen as conduits for the spread of disease and disease risk factors. However, social relationships also reduce the incidence of chronic disease and potentially infectious diseases. Seldom are these opposing effects considered simultaneously. We have shown how and why diarrheal disease spreads more slowly to and in rural Ecuadorian villages that are more remote from the area's population center. Reduced contact with outside individuals partially accounts for remote v ...[more]