Close Encounters in a Pediatric Ward: Measuring Face-to-Face Proximity and Mixing Patterns with Wearable Sensors

Lorenzo Isella; Mariateresa Romano; Alain Barrat; Ciro Cattuto; Vittoria Colizza; Wouter Van den Broeck; Francesco Gesualdo; Elisabetta Pandolfi; Lucilla Ravà; Caterina Rizzo; Alberto Eugenio Tozzi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017144

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Close Encounters in a Pediatric Ward: Measuring Face-to-Face Proximity and Mixing Patterns with Wearable Sensors

Lorenzo Isella,

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy
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Mariateresa Romano,

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Alain Barrat,

Affiliations Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy, Centre de Physique Théorique de Marseille, CNRS UMR 6207, Marseille, France
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Ciro Cattuto,

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy
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Vittoria Colizza,

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy
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Wouter Van den Broeck,

Affiliation Complex Networks and Systems Group, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI) Foundation, Torino, Italy
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Francesco Gesualdo,

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Elisabetta Pandolfi,

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Lucilla Ravà,

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Caterina Rizzo,

Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità Rome, Rome, Italy
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Alberto Eugenio Tozzi

* E-mail: alberto.tozzi@gmail.com

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Close Encounters in a Pediatric Ward: Measuring Face-to-Face Proximity and Mixing Patterns with Wearable Sensors

Lorenzo Isella,
Mariateresa Romano,
Alain Barrat,
Ciro Cattuto,
Vittoria Colizza,
Wouter Van den Broeck,
Francesco Gesualdo,
Elisabetta Pandolfi,
Lucilla Ravà,
Caterina Rizzo

Published: February 28, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017144

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