Social Contact Mixing: An Introduction and the Assessment of Shifts in Contact Mixing Patterns in Response to Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
Speaker:
Zack McCarthy, York University
Date and Time:
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 10:30am to 11:30am
Location:
Online
Abstract:
Attendees are encouraged to look at the following papers for context:
Mossong J, Hens N, Jit M, Beutels P, Auranen K, Mikolajczyk R, Massari M, Salmaso S, Tomba GS, Wallinga J, Heijne J. Social contacts and mixing patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases. PLoS Med. 2008 Mar 25;5(3):e74.
Arregui S, Aleta A, Sanz J, Moreno Y. Projecting social contact matrices to different demographic structures. PLoS Computational Biology. 2018 Dec 7;14(12):e1006638.
Prem K, Cook AR, Jit M. Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data. PLoS Computational Biology. 2017 Sep 12;13(9):e1005697.
