Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of social contact patterns related to infectious diseases in the Guangdong Province, China.

ABSTRACT: The social contact patterns associated with the infectious disease transmitted by airborne droplets or close contact follow specific rules. Understanding these processes can improve the accuracy of disease transmission models, permitting their integration into model simulations. In this study, we performed a large-scale population-based survey to collect social contact patterns in three cities on the Pearl River Delta of China in winter and summer. A total of 5,818 participants were face-to-face interviewed and 35,542 contacts were recorded. The average number of contacts per person each day was 16.7 considering supplementary professional contacts (SPCs). Contacts that occurred on a daily basis, lasted more than 4 hours, and took place in households were more likely to involve physical con

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature