July 15, 2020

Age-Specific Social Mixing of School-Aged Children in a US Setting Using Proximity Detecting Sensors and Contact Surveys

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

• [Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Grantz et al. compared data from self-reported contact surveys and wearable proximity sensors from 730 schoolchildren in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The two methods produced highly correlated data on age-specific mixing patterns relevant to the dynamics of respiratory virus transmission. The results from the methods differed in that participants reported fewer but longer contacts in surveys relative to the generally short proximal interactions captured by wearable sensors. 

Grantz et al. (July 14, 2020). Age-Specific Social Mixing of School-Aged Children in a US Setting Using Proximity Detecting Sensors and Contact Surveys. Pre-print downloaded July 15 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.12.20151696