Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research
Improving Estimates of Social Contact Patterns for Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens
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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.](/eid/images/21-2567-F2.jpg)
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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