Publication
Title
SOCRATES : an online tool leveraging a social contact data sharing initiative to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19
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Abstract
ObjectiveEstablishing a social contact data sharing initiative and an interactive tool to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19.ResultsWe organized data sharing of published social contact surveys via online repositories and formatting guidelines. We analyzed this social contact data in terms of weighted social contact matrices, next generation matrices, relative incidence and R0. We incorporated location-specific physical distancing measures (e.g. school closure or at work) and capture their effect on transmission dynamics. All methods have been implemented in an online application based on R Shiny and applied to COVID-19 with age-specific susceptibility and infectiousness. Using our online tool with the available social contact data, we illustrate that physical distancing could have a considerable impact on reducing transmission for COVID-19. The effect itself depends on assumptions made about disease-specific characteristics and the choice of intervention(s).
Language
English
Source (journal)
BMC research notes
Publication
2020
ISSN
1756-0500
DOI
10.1186/S13104-020-05136-9
Volume/pages
13 :1 (2020) , 8 p.
ISI
000541679100002
Pubmed ID
32546245
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
The stride towards health economic evaluation with individual-based models integrating transmission dynamics, stochasticity and uncertainty.
Translational and Transdisciplinary research in Modeling Infectious Diseases (TransMID).
Epidemic intelligence to minimize 2019-nCoV's public health, economic and social impact in Europe (EpiPose).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 30.03.2021
Last edited 28.08.2024
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