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Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research

Improving Estimates of Social Contact Patterns for Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens

Nicky McCreeshComments to Author , Mbali Mohlamonyane, Anita Edwards, Stephen Olivier, Keabetswe Dikgale, Njabulo Dayi, Dickman Gareta, Robin Wood, Alison D. Grant, Richard G. White, and Keren Middelkoop
Author affiliations: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine TB Centre, London, UK (N. McCreesh, A.D. Grant, R.G. White); The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (M. Mohlamonyane, R. Wood, K. Middelkoop); University of KwaZulu-Natal Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa (A. Edwards, A.D. Grant); Africa Health Research Institute, Durban (S. Olivier, K. Dikgale, N. Dayi, D. Gareta); University of Cape Town Department of Medicine, Cape Town (R. Wood, K. Middelkoop); University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.D. Grant)

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Household and nonhousehold close contact numbers (A), close contact time (B), and casual contact time (C) for study of social contact patterns for airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, by sex, age group, and household size. Error bars show 95% CIs for total contact numbers or time. For KwaZulu-Natal, household size data were taken from census data and did not always correspond exactly with respondents’ views of who they considered to be household members. For this reason, some contact with household members was reported by respondents who we recorded as having a household size of 1.

Figure 2. Household and nonhousehold close contact numbers (A), close contact time (B), and casual contact time (C) for study of social contact patterns for airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, by sex, age group, and household size. Error bars show 95% CIs for total contact numbers or time. For KwaZulu-Natal, household size data were taken from census data and did not always correspond exactly with respondents’ views of who they considered to be household members. For this reason, some contact with household members was reported by respondents who we recorded as having a household size of 1.

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