Quantifying social contact patterns in Minnesota during stay-at-home social distancing order.

ABSTRACT: SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted through person-to-person contacts. It is important to collect information on age-specific contact patterns because SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility, transmission, and morbidity vary by age. To reduce the risk of infection, social distancing measures have been implemented. Social contact data, which identify who has contact with whom especially by age and place are needed to identify high-risk groups and serve to inform the design of non-pharmaceutical interventions. We estimated and used negative binomial regression to compare the number of daily contacts during the first round (April-May 2020) of the Minnesota Social Contact Study, based on respondent's age, gender, race/ethnicity, region, and other demographic characteristics. We used information on the age a

SUBMITTER: Dorelien AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature