Title |
High-Resolution Measurements of Face-to-Face Contact Patterns in a Primary School
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0023176 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Juliette Stehlé, Nicolas Voirin, Alain Barrat, Ciro Cattuto, Lorenzo Isella, Jean-François Pinton, Marco Quaggiotto, Wouter Van den Broeck, Corinne Régis, Bruno Lina, Philippe Vanhems |
Abstract |
Little quantitative information is available on the mixing patterns of children in school environments. Describing and understanding contacts between children at school would help quantify the transmission opportunities of respiratory infections and identify situations within schools where the risk of transmission is higher. We report on measurements carried out in a French school (6-12 years children), where we collected data on the time-resolved face-to-face proximity of children and teachers using a proximity-sensing infrastructure based on radio frequency identification devices. |
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France | 77 | 15% |
Australia | 63 | 12% |
United Kingdom | 21 | 4% |
United States | 19 | 4% |
Germany | 16 | 3% |
Netherlands | 6 | 1% |
Canada | 5 | <1% |
Belgium | 4 | <1% |
Switzerland | 3 | <1% |
Other | 37 | 7% |
Unknown | 268 | 52% |
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Members of the public | 454 | 87% |
Scientists | 44 | 8% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 3% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 8 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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United States | 5 | 2% |
Italy | 4 | 1% |
France | 3 | <1% |
Australia | 3 | <1% |
Spain | 3 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
Austria | 1 | <1% |
Other | 4 | 1% |
Unknown | 272 | 90% |
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Researcher | 62 | 21% |
Student > Master | 33 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 7% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 19 | 6% |
Other | 58 | 19% |
Unknown | 38 | 13% |
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Physics and Astronomy | 37 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 25 | 8% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 8% |
Mathematics | 23 | 8% |
Other | 84 | 28% |
Unknown | 61 | 20% |