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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
Research

Social Contact Patterns in Rural and Urban Settings, Mozambique, 2021–2022

Moses C. Kiti1, Charfudin Sacoor1, Obianuju G. Aguolu, Alana Zelaya, Holin Chen, Sara S. Kim, Nilzio Cavele, Edgar Jamisse, Corssino Tchavana, Americo Jose, Ivalda Macicame, Orvalho Joaquim, Noureen Ahmed, Carol Y. Liu, Inci Yildirim, Kristin Nelson, Samuel M. Jenness, Herberth Maldonado, Momin Kazi, Rajan Srinivasan, Venkata R. Mohan, Alessia Melegaro, Fauzia Malik, Azucena Bardaji, Saad B. Omer2, and Ben Lopman2Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.C. Kiti, A. Zelaya, H. Chen, S.S. Kim, S.M. Jenness, C.Y. Liu, K. Nelson, B. Lopman); Manhica Health Research Center, Manhica, Mozambique (C. Sacoor, E. Jamisse, C. Tchavana, O. Joaquim); Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (O.G. Aguolu); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (O.G. Aguolu, I. Yilirim); Polana Canico Health and Research Centre, Maputo, Mozambique (N. Cavele, A. Jose, I. Macicame); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (N. Ahmed, F. Malik, S.B. Omer); Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (H. Maldonado); Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (M. Kazi); Christian Medical College–Vellore, Vellore, India (R. Srinivasan, V.R. Mohan); Bocconi University, Milano, Italy (A. Melegaro); ISGlobal–Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain (A. Bardají)

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Figure 3

Contact matrices based on empiric data from study of human contact patterns Mozambique, 2022. A) Rural sites; B) urban site; C) synthetic contact matrix derived from Mozambique-specific demographic data by Prem et. al. (12).

Figure 3. Contact matrices based on empiric data from study of human contact patterns Mozambique, 2022. A) Rural sites; B) urban site; C) synthetic contact matrix derived from Mozambique-specific demographic data by Prem et. al. (12).

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors were co–principal investigators.

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