A cross-sectional study measuring contact patterns using diaries in an urban and a rural community in South Africa, 2018

• Main Authors: Jackie Kleynhans (Author), Stefano Tempia (Author), Meredith L. McMorrow (Author), Anne von Gottberg (Author), Neil A. Martinson (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Jocelyn Moyes (Author), Thulisa Mkhencele (Author), Limakatso Lebina (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Floidy Wafawanaka (Author), Azwifarwi Mathunjwa (Author), Cheryl Cohen (Author), the PHIRST group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Describing contact patterns is crucial to understanding infectious disease transmission dynamics and guiding targeted transmission mitigation interventions. Data on contact patterns in Africa, especially South Africa, are limited. We measured and compared contact patterns in a ru...