Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases Export

@article{citeulike:3479347, abstract = {Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases transmitted by the respiratory or close-contact route (e.g., pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the impact of possible interventions. Although mixing patterns are known to be crucial determinants for model outcome, researchers often rely on a priori contact assumptions with little or no empirical basis. We conducted a population-based prospective survey of mixing patterns in eight European countries using a common paper-diary methodology.}, author = {Mossong, Jo\"{e}l and Hens, Niel and Jit, Mark and Beutels, Philippe and Auranen, Kari and Mikolajczyk, Rafael and Massari, Marco and Salmaso, Stefania and Tomba, Gianpaolo S. and Wallinga, Jacco and Heijne, Janneke and Sadkowska-Todys, Malgorzata and Rosinska, Magdalena and Edmunds, W. John}, citeulike-article-id = {3479347}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18366252}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18366252}, day = {25}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074}, journal = {PLoS Med}, keywords = {medicine, networks, social\_networks}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {e74+}, posted-at = {2008-11-04 17:04:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074}, volume = {5}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3479347 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3479347 N2 - Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases transmitted by the respiratory or close-contact route (e.g., pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the impact of possible interventions. Although mixing patterns are known to be crucial determinants for model outcome, researchers often rely on a priori contact assumptions with little or no empirical basis. We conducted a population-based prospective survey of mixing patterns in eight European countries using a common paper-diary methodology. IS - 3 JF - PLoS Med TI - Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases PB - Public Library of Science VL - 5 SP - e74 KW - medicine KW - networks KW - social_networks AU - Mossong, Joël AU - Hens, Niel AU - Jit, Mark AU - Beutels, Philippe AU - Auranen, Kari AU - Mikolajczyk, Rafael AU - Massari, Marco AU - Salmaso, Stefania AU - Tomba, Gianpaolo AU - Wallinga, Jacco AU - Heijne, Janneke AU - Sadkowska-Todys, Malgorzata AU - Rosinska, Magdalena AU - Edmunds, John PY - 2008/03/25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074 ER -