ArticleThe European physical journal. B2021
Differences in social activity increase efficiency of contact tracing.
Article in The European physical journal. B, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Variability in the Population Diffusion Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 by Exposure Setting and Its Roles in Driving Epidemic Dynamics.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2025Article
- Amplification of the power of network hubs and degree skewness over infectious disease spread during lulls.PloS one · 2025Article
- A data-driven analysis on the mediation effect of compartment models between control measures and COVID-19 epidemics.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Heterogeneity in testing for infectious diseases.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Stochastic social behavior coupled to COVID-19 dynamics leads to waves, plateaus, and an endemic state.eLife · 2021Article
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Abstract
abstractDigital contact tracing has been suggested as an effective strategy for controlling an epidemic without severely limiting personal mobility. Here, we use smartphone proximity data to explore how social structure affects contact tracing of COVID-19. We model the spread of COVID-19 and find that the effectiveness of contact tracing depends strongly on social network structure and heterogeneous social activity. Contact tracing is shown to be remarkably effective in a workplace environment and the effectiveness depends strongly on the minimum duration of contact required to initiate quarantine. In a realistic social network, we find that forward contact tracing with immediate isolation can reduce an epidemic by more than 70%. In perspective, our findings highlight the necessity of incorporating social heterogeneity into models of mitigation strategies. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version supplementary material available at 10.1140/epjb/s10051-021-00222-8.
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