A low-cost method to assess the epidemiological importance of individuals in controlling infectious disease outbreaks

The importance of including dynamic social networks when modeling epidemics of airborne infections: does increasing complexity increase accuracy?

(2011) Sally Blower et al.   BMC Medicine

Simulation of an SEIR infectious disease model on the dynamic contact network of conference attendees

(2011) Juliette Stehlé et al.   BMC Medicine

Detection of a geographical and endemic cluster of hyper-invasive meningococcal strains

(2011) Sophie Bertrand et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Whole-Genome Sequencing and Social-Network Analysis of a Tuberculosis Outbreak

(2011) Jennifer L. Gardy et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Role of social networks in shaping disease transmission during a community outbreak of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza

(2011) S. Cauchemez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What types of contacts are important for the spread of infections? Using contact survey data to explore European mixing patterns

(2011) Alessia Melegaro et al.   Epidemics

Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks

(2010) Nicholas A. Christakis et al.   PLoS One

A high-resolution human contact network for infectious disease transmission

(2010) M. Salathe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High infectivity and pathogenicity of influenza A virus via aerosol and droplet transmission

(2010) Peter F.M. Teunis et al.   Epidemics

Incidence and Reproduction Numbers of Pertussis: Estimates from Serological and Social Contact Data in Five European Countries

(2010) Mirjam Kretzschmar et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Estimating infectious disease parameters from data on social contacts and serological status

(2009) Nele Goeyvaerts et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES C-APPLIED STATISTICS

A mechanistic model of infection: why duration and intensity of contacts should be included in models of disease spread

(2009) Timo Smieszek   Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Using Time-Use Data to Parameterize Models for the Spread of Close-Contact Infectious Diseases

(2008) Emilio Zagheni et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

EpiScanGIS: an online geographic surveillance system for meningococcal disease

(2008) Markus Reinhardt et al.   International Journal of Health Geographics