Systematic selection between age and household structure for models aimed at emerging epidemic predictions

Models of emerging epidemics can be exceedingly helpful in planning the response, but early on model selection is a difficult task. Here, the authors explore the joint contribution of age stratification and household structure on epidemic spread, and provides a rule of thumb to guide model choice.

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Autores principales: Lorenzo Pellis, Simon Cauchemez, Neil M. Ferguson, Christophe Fraser
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/afc994315fd14db1a6f960ab230c163b
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Sumario:Models of emerging epidemics can be exceedingly helpful in planning the response, but early on model selection is a difficult task. Here, the authors explore the joint contribution of age stratification and household structure on epidemic spread, and provides a rule of thumb to guide model choice.