Publication: Social contact patterns and implications for infectious disease transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis of contact surveys
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2021-11-01
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2050084X
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2-s2.0-85120920571
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eLife. Vol.10, (2021)
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Andria Mousa, Peter Winskill, Oliver J. Watson, Oliver Ratmann, Mélodie Monod, Marco Ajelli, Aldiouma Diallo, Peter J. Dodd, Carlos G. Grijalva, Moses Chapa Kiti, Anand Krishnan, Rakesh Kumar, Supriya Kumar, Kin On Kwok, Claudio F. Lanata, Olivier Le Polain De Waroux, Kathy Leung, Wiriya Mahikul, Alessia Melegaro, Carl D. Morrow, Joël Mossong, Eleanor Fg Neal, David J. Nokes, Wirichada Pan-Ngum, Gail E. Potter, Fiona M. Russell, Siddhartha Saha, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, Wan In Wei, Robin R. Wood, Joseph T. Wu, Juanjuan Zhang, Patrick Gt Walker, Charles Whittaker Social contact patterns and implications for infectious disease transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis of contact surveys. eLife. Vol.10, (2021). doi:10.7554/eLife.70294 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/75965
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Social contact patterns and implications for infectious disease transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis of contact surveys
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Andria Mousa
Peter Winskill
Oliver J. Watson
Oliver Ratmann
Mélodie Monod
Marco Ajelli
Aldiouma Diallo
Peter J. Dodd
Carlos G. Grijalva
Moses Chapa Kiti
Anand Krishnan
Rakesh Kumar
Supriya Kumar
Kin On Kwok
Claudio F. Lanata
Olivier Le Polain De Waroux
Kathy Leung
Wiriya Mahikul
Alessia Melegaro
Carl D. Morrow
Joël Mossong
Eleanor Fg Neal
David J. Nokes
Wirichada Pan-Ngum
Gail E. Potter
Fiona M. Russell
Siddhartha Saha
Jonathan D. Sugimoto
Wan In Wei
Robin R. Wood
Joseph T. Wu
Juanjuan Zhang
Patrick Gt Walker
Charles Whittaker
Peter Winskill
Oliver J. Watson
Oliver Ratmann
Mélodie Monod
Marco Ajelli
Aldiouma Diallo
Peter J. Dodd
Carlos G. Grijalva
Moses Chapa Kiti
Anand Krishnan
Rakesh Kumar
Supriya Kumar
Kin On Kwok
Claudio F. Lanata
Olivier Le Polain De Waroux
Kathy Leung
Wiriya Mahikul
Alessia Melegaro
Carl D. Morrow
Joël Mossong
Eleanor Fg Neal
David J. Nokes
Wirichada Pan-Ngum
Gail E. Potter
Fiona M. Russell
Siddhartha Saha
Jonathan D. Sugimoto
Wan In Wei
Robin R. Wood
Joseph T. Wu
Juanjuan Zhang
Patrick Gt Walker
Charles Whittaker
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Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Northeastern University
University of Melbourne
Department of Veterans Affairs
Chulabhorn Royal Academy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Università Bocconi
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana University Bloomington
Imperial College London
Faculty of Health Sciences
Fudan University
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Washington
Emmes Company
Health Directorate
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Northeastern University
University of Melbourne
Department of Veterans Affairs
Chulabhorn Royal Academy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Università Bocconi
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana University Bloomington
Imperial College London
Faculty of Health Sciences
Fudan University
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Washington
Emmes Company
Health Directorate
Abstract
Background: Transmission of respiratory pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 depends on patterns of contact and mixing across populations. Understanding this is crucial to predict pathogen spread and the effectiveness of control efforts. Most analyses of contact patterns to date have focussed on high-income settings. Methods: Here, we conduct a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis of surveys carried out in low- and middle-income countries and compare patterns of contact in these settings to surveys previously carried out in high-income countries. Using individual-level data from 28,503 participants and 413,069 contacts across 27 surveys we explored how contact characteristics (number, location, duration and whether physical) vary across income settings. Results: Contact rates declined with age in high- and upper-middle-income settings, but not in low-income settings, where adults aged 65+ made similar numbers of contacts as younger individuals and mixed with all age-groups. Across all settings, increasing household size was a key determinant of contact frequency and characteristics, but low-income settings were characterised by the largest, most intergenerational households. A higher proportion of contacts were made at home in low-income settings, and work/school contacts were more frequent in high-income strata. We also observed contrasting effects of gender across income-strata on the frequency, duration and type of contacts individuals made. Conclusions: These differences in contact patterns between settings have material consequences for both spread of respiratory pathogens, as well as the effectiveness of different non-pharmaceutical interventions.