Patterns of human social contact and mask wearing in high-risk groups in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has changed human behavior in areas such as contact patterns and mask-wearing frequency. Exploring human-human contact patterns and mask-wearing habits in high-risk groups is an essential step in fully understanding the transmission of respiratory infection-based diseases. This study had aims to quantify local human-human (H-H) contacts in high-risk groups in representative provinces of China and to explore the occupation-specific assortativity and heterogeneity of social contacts.

Methods

Delivery workers, medical workers, preschoolers, and students from Qinghai, Shanghai, and Zhejiang were recruited to complete an online questionnaire that queried general information, logged contacts, and assessed the willingne

SUBMITTER: Zheng B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206088 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature