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Study protocol for estimating modern US social contact patterns: the ENGAGED study

2026-01-11 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAccurately capturing social contact data is essential for developing effective mathematical models to forecast disease trends and evaluate interventions. There are limited population-based data of social contacts in the United States (US) which limits our ability to accurately model infectious disease transmission. MethodsTo fill in this gap, we conducted a staggered longitudinal cohort study in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We aimed to characterize contact patterns and examine ...

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