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SUBMITTER: Wesolowski A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5727034 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20171212 1
Seasonal variation in human mobility is globally ubiquitous and affects the spatial spread of infectious diseases, but the ability to measure seasonality in human movement has been limited by data availability. Here, we use mobile phone data to quantify seasonal travel and directional asymmetries in Kenya, Namibia, and Pakistan, across a spectrum from rural nomadic populations to highly urbanized communities. We then model how the geographic spread of several acute pathogens with varying life hi ...[more]