Perspective: human contact patterns and the spread of airborne infectious diseases

Trends Microbiol. 1999 Sep;7(9):372-7. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(99)01546-2.

Abstract

Networks of social contacts channel the transmission of airborne infections. Emerging insights from fields of science as diverse as mathematics, population biology and the social sciences are beginning to reveal how the contact pattern of the hosts determines the spread and evolution of airborne infectious agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Air Microbiology
  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Statistical
  • Molecular Epidemiology