Exploring infectious disease spread as a function of seasonal and pandemic-induced changes in human mobility.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Community-level changes in population mobility can dramatically change the trajectory of any directly-transmitted infectious disease, by modifying where and between whom contact occurs. This was highlighted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, where community response and nonpharmaceutical interventions changed the trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 spread, sometimes in unpredictable ways. Population-level changes in mobility also occur seasonally and during other significant events, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. To effectively predict the spread of future emerging directly-transmitted diseases, we should better understand how the spatial spread of infectious disease changes seasonally, and when communities are actively responding to local disease outbreaks and travel restrict

SUBMITTER: Cai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11383773 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature