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Partisan differences in health behaviors can impact respiratory disease dynamics

2026-01-19 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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The transmission of respiratory pathogens is fundamentally shaped by human behaviors such as interpersonal contacts, use of face masks, and vaccination. Political party affiliation has been shown to be associated with health-related behaviors. Yet, partisan heterogeneity in health-related behaviors is typically not included in infectious disease transmission models. Here, we leveraged uniquely detailed data from the Berkeley Interpersonal Contacts Study (BICS) on partisan differences in contact ...

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