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The impact of illness and the impact of school closure on social contact patterns.

Author(s) -

KTD Eames,

NL Tilston,

PJ White,

E. D. Adams,

W. John Edmunds

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

health technology assessment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.426

H-Index - 126

eISSN - 2046-4924

pISSN - 1366-5278

DOI - 10.3310/hta14340-04

Subject(s) - medicine , closure (psychology) , social contact , social impact , gerontology , environmental health , psychology , social psychology , population , economics , market economy

Mathematical models, based on data describing normal patterns of social mixing, are used to understand epidemics in order to predict patterns of disease spread and plan interventions and responses. However, individuals who are ill show behavioural changes that affect their social mixing patterns and predictive models should take into account these changes if they are to be effective.

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