Bridging the gap: Empirical contact matrix data is needed for modelling the transmission of respiratory infections in West Africa

Isaac C.H. Fung; Gerardo Chowell; Gloria A. Botchway; Jing Kersey; Joyce Komesuor; Kin On Kwok; Stephen E. Moore; Sylvia K. Ofori; Frank Baiden

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Bridging the gap: Empirical contact matrix data is needed for modelling the transmission of respiratory infections in West Africa

Isaac C.H. Fung, Gerardo Chowell, Gloria A. Botchway, Jing Kersey, Joyce Komesuor, Kin On Kwok, Stephen E. Moore, Sylvia K. Ofori, Frank Baiden

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	991-994
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tropical Medicine and International Health
Volume	29
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14063
State	Published - Dec 2024

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Parasitology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Africa
Ghana
epidemiology
respiratory tract infections
social contact patterns
transmission

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