Background: 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 ...

The first ever long-term study of patterns of social contact in Hong Kong will improve our knowledge of the growth of epidemics. Hong Kong was where SARS emerged in 2002-2003. The study looked at the ...

Epidemics of infectious disease are complex phenomena involving processes at different scales. The smallest and fastest processes happen in the bodies of the infected people, as the pathogen enters ...

Epidemiologists have a particular interest in understanding human contact patterns. This kind of data can be hugely valuable in modeling and predicting the way infectious diseases spread. In turn, ...

Mathematical and computational modeling approaches are increasingly used as quantitative tools in the analysis and forecasting of infectious disease epidemics. The growing need for realism in ...

A total of 7,290 diaries covering all contacts made by respondents during a full day were collected in eight countries ranging from 267 in NL to 1,328 in DE (see Table 1). 37.6% of participants in our ...