Close encounters between infants and household members measured through wearable proximity sensors.

ABSTRACT: Describing and understanding close proximity interactions between infant and family members can provide key information on transmission opportunities of respiratory infections within households. Among respiratory infections, pertussis represents a public health priority. Pertussis infection can be particularly harmful to young, unvaccinated infants and for these patients, family members represent the main sources of transmission. Here, we report on the use of wearable proximity sensors based on RFID technology to measure face-to-face proximity between family members within 16 households with infants younger than 6 months for 2-5 consecutive days of data collection. The sensors were deployed over the course of approximately 1 year, in the context of a national research project aimed at the

SUBMITTER: Ozella L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991752 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature