Social Contact Patterns in an Individual-based Simulator for the Transmission of Infectious Diseases (Stride)

Individual-based models are convenient to study the spread of infectious diseases in combination with heterogeneous social mixing patterns. In this paper, we present an open-source and generic, individual-based simulator for the transmission of infectious diseases (Stride) in which social contact ra...

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Published in:Procedia computer science 2017, Vol.108, p.2438-2442
Main Authors: Kuylen, Elise, Stijven, Sean, Broeckhove, Jan, Willem, Lander
Format: Article
Language:English
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individual-based
infectious diseases
modeling
simulation
social mixing patterns
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Summary:Individual-based models are convenient to study the spread of infectious diseases in combination with heterogeneous social mixing patterns. In this paper, we present an open-source and generic, individual-based simulator for the transmission of infectious diseases (Stride) in which social contact rates are dependent on both the context and the age of the individuals. Using a case study, we illustrate the effect of different social contact hypotheses on disease dynamics.
ISSN:1877-0509
1877-0509
DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.086