A household-based study of contact networks relevant for the spread of infectious diseases in the highlands of peru.

CONCLUSION: This study of rural low-density communities in the highlands of Peru suggests contact patterns are highly assortative. Study findings support the use of within-household homogenous mixing assumptions for epidemic modeling in this setting. PMID: 25734772 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734772?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - March 7, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Grijalva CG, Goeyvaerts N, Verastegui H, Edwards KM, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Hens N, RESPIRA PERU project Tags: PLoS One Source Type: research