Postdoc Researcher @DTU_Compute & @CPH_SODAS.
Networks, Epidemics & Social Behavior.
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Apr 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
#Contact_tracing can be a practical and effective way of containing disease spread. But did you know it's even more effective when social groups are involved?
Check out our* new paper: arxiv.org/abs/2304.10405
* @leahakeating@gleesonj@DavidJPOS@bolozna
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Contact tracing not only cuts direct infection paths but can also prevent indirect spreading routes in groups. We illustrate how it can be more efficient than what would be predicted by models that assume a fully mixed population or a locally tree-like network structure.