New paper (Nelson): Social Behavior for Infectious Disease in Four LMICs
New paper led by Kristin Nelson in Nature Communications: Characterizing Social Behavior Relevant for Infectious Disease Transmission in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2021-2023. The population-based study collected two-day contact diaries from 5,085 participants in Guatemala, India, Mozambique, and Pakistan, yielding 84,829 contacts. Mean contact rates were highest among 10- to 19-year-olds in three countries and among 5- to 9-year-olds in Pakistan. Non-home locations with high transmission potential were schools in India, workplaces in Pakistan, and social or leisure settings in Mozambique and Guatemala. Among children under 5 years, contacts with non-household members were most common in Mozambique and least common in India, and age patterns diverged from projections based on high-income countries.
