Scaling of contact networks for epidemic spreading in urban transit systems
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83878-7
Abstract: Improved mobility not only contributes to more intensive human activities but also facilitates the spread of communicable disease, thus constituting a major threat to billions of urban commuters. In this study, we present a multi-city… read more here.
Keywords: communicable diseases; networks epidemic; scaling contact; transit systems ... See more keywords
Contact networks and force transmission in aggregates of hexapod-shaped particles.
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DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01762a
Abstract: Hexapods, consisting of three mutually orthogonal arms, have been utilized as a representative nonconvex shape to demonstrate the impact of interlocking on the strength properties of granular materials. Nevertheless, the microstructural characteristics of hexapod packings,… read more here.
Keywords: networks force; contact networks; aspect ratio; force transmission ... See more keywords
Measurability of the epidemic reproduction number in data-driven contact networks
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811115115
Abstract: Significance The analysis of real epidemiological data has raised issues of the adequacy of the classic homogeneous modeling framework and quantities, such as the basic reproduction number in real-world situations. Based on high-quality sociodemographic data,… read more here.
Keywords: reproduction number; number; basic reproduction; contact networks ... See more keywords
Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0890
Abstract: Contact structure among livestock populations influences the transmission of infectious agents among them. Models simulating realistic contact networks therefore have important applications for generating insights relevant to livestock diseases. This systematic review identifies and compares… read more here.
Keywords: contact networks; disease; systematic review; model ... See more keywords
The illusion of personal health decisions for infectious disease management: disease spread in social contact networks
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221122
Abstract: Close contacts between individuals provide opportunities for the transmission of diseases, including COVID-19. While individuals take part in many different types of interactions, including those with classmates, co-workers and household members, it is the conglomeration… read more here.
Keywords: contact networks; contact; social contact; disease ... See more keywords
Contact networks have small metric backbones that maintain community structure and are primary transmission subgraphs
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.02.478784
Abstract: The structure of social networks strongly affects how different phenomena spread in human society, from the transmission of information to the propagation of contagious diseases. It is well-known that heterogeneous connectivity strongly favors spread, but… read more here.
Keywords: contact networks; structure; contact; subgraph ... See more keywords
Temporal Networks Based on Human Mobility Models: A Comparative Analysis With Real-World Networks
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3140136
Abstract: Mobility is a critical element for understanding human contact networks. In many studies, the researchers use random processes to model human mobility. However, people do not move randomly in their environment. Their interactions do not… read more here.
Keywords: contact networks; mobility; contact; mobility models ... See more keywords
Modelling multi‐species and multi‐mode contact networks: Implications for persistence of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife–livestock interface
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13370
Abstract: Individual‐ and species‐level heterogeneity in contact rates can alter the ability of a pathogen to invade a host community. Many pathogens have multiple modes of transmission—by direct or indirect contact. It is important to identify… read more here.
Keywords: individual species; heterogeneity; level heterogeneity; contact ... See more keywords
Heavy-tailed sexual contact networks and monkeypox epidemiology in the global outbreak, 2022
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DOI: 10.1126/science.add4507
Abstract: The outbreak of monkeypox across non-endemic regions confirmed in May 2022 shows epidemiological features distinct from previously imported outbreaks, most notably its observed growth and predominance amongst men who have sex with men (MSM). We… read more here.
Keywords: contact networks; outbreak; tailed sexual; heavy tailed ... See more keywords
S14.1 Sexual contact networks, STI transmission and the effectiveness of interventions: insights from mathematical modelling
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.65
Abstract: University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland Sexual contact networks are a key determinant for the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The impact of different sexual contact structures on the… read more here.
Keywords: effectiveness interventions; transmission; sexual contact; contact ... See more keywords
Structure and consistency of self-reported social contact networks in British secondary schools
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200090
Abstract: Self-reported social mixing patterns are commonly used in mathematical models of infectious diseases. It is particularly important to quantify patterns for school-age children given their disproportionate role in transmission, but it remains unclear how the… read more here.
Keywords: data collection; self reported; reported social; contact networks ... See more keywords