Why crowding matters in the time of COVID-19 pandemic? - a lesson from the carnival effect on the 2017/2018 influenza epidemic in the Netherlands

• Main Authors: LUMC- (Author), Qingui Chen (Author), Myrthe M. A. Toorop (Author), Mark G. J. de Boer (Author), Frits R. Rosendaal (Author), Willem M. Lijfering (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To evaluate the association between crowding and transmission of viral respiratory infectious diseases, we investigated the change in transmission patterns of influenza and COVID-19 before and after a mass gathering event (i.e., carnival) in the Netherlands. Methods Information o...