Influence of Contact Definitions in Assessment of the Relative Importance of Social Settings in Disease Transmission Risk

Kirsty J Bolton; James M McCaw; Kristian Forbes; Paula Nathan; Garry Robins; Philippa Pattison; Terry Nolan; Jodie McVernon

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Influence of Contact Definitions in Assessment of the Relative Importance of Social Settings in Disease Transmission Risk

Kirsty J Bolton, James M McCaw, Kristian Forbes, Paula Nathan, Garry Robins, Philippa Pattison, Terry Nolan, Jodie McVernon

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030893

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Garry Robins Author Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Pip Pattison Author Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

James McCaw Author Mathematics and Statistics

Terry Nolan Author Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Jodie McVernon Author Doherty Institute

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Funding Acknowledgements

The pilot contact diary study was funded by the Melbourne Research Grants Scheme of the University of Melbourne (600530). K. Bolton acknowledges support from a University of Melboure McKenzie Fellowship. J. McVernon is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Award (566635). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.