There is a long tradition of using mathematical models to generate insights into the
transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and assess the potential impact of different …

Social networks are ubiquitous in the lives of adolescents. This work systematically reviewed
all studies which investigated the relationship between subjective well-being and the social …

Case isolation and contact tracing can contribute to the control of COVID-19 outbreaks,.
However, it remains unclear how real-world social networks could influence the …

Given their importance in sha** social networks and determining how information or
transmissible diseases propagate in a population, interactions between individuals are the …

Over the last years, an intensive worldwide effort is speeding up the developments in the
establishment of a global surveillance network for combating pandemics of emergent and re …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

The most frequent infectious diseases in humans—and those with the highest potential for
rapid pandemic spread—are usually transmitted via droplets during close proximity …

Background: Researchers increasingly use social contact data to inform models for
infectious disease spread with the aim of guiding effective policies about disease prevention …

Face-to-face contacts between individuals contribute to shape social networks and play an
important role in determining how infectious diseases can spread within a population. It is …

The science of networks has revolutionised research into the dynamics of interacting
elements. It could be argued that epidemiology in particular has embraced the potential of …