Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London

This paper describes the practical use of social network diagrams in the management of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC) in a primary school in London. The diagrams were created during the outbreak to establish the extent and nature of person-to-person transmission in the cases and their c...

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Autores principales: DEVAKUMAR, D., KITCHING, A., ZENNER, D., TOSTMANN, A., MELTZER, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23445786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000344
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author DEVAKUMAR, D.
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description This paper describes the practical use of social network diagrams in the management of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC) in a primary school in London. The diagrams were created during the outbreak to establish the extent and nature of person-to-person transmission in the cases and their contacts. The diagrams supported a tailored public health action, and hence aided in the control of the outbreak. We conclude that for selected infectious diseases, social network diagrams can provide a valuable tool in the management of an outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-37579202013-08-30 Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London DEVAKUMAR, D. KITCHING, A. ZENNER, D. TOSTMANN, A. MELTZER, M. Epidemiol Infect Original Papers This paper describes the practical use of social network diagrams in the management of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC) in a primary school in London. The diagrams were created during the outbreak to establish the extent and nature of person-to-person transmission in the cases and their contacts. The diagrams supported a tailored public health action, and hence aided in the control of the outbreak. We conclude that for selected infectious diseases, social network diagrams can provide a valuable tool in the management of an outbreak. Cambridge University Press 2013-10 2013-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3757920/ /pubmed/23445786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000344 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/The online version of this article is published within an Open Access environment subject to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) >. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use.
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TOSTMANN, A.
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Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title_full Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title_fullStr Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title_full_unstemmed Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title_short Tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an E. coli O157 outbreak in a primary school in London
title_sort tracking sickness through social networks – the practical use of social network mapping in supporting the management of an e. coli o157 outbreak in a primary school in london
topic Original Papers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23445786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000344
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