Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Epidemics
• Personal Author:
  Kiti, Moses C. ; Aguolu, Obianuju G. ; Liu, Carol Y. ; Mesa, Ana R. ; Regina, Rachel ; Woody, Meaghan ; Willebrand, Kathryn ; Couzens, Chandra ; Bartelsmeyer, Tilman ; Nelson, Kristin N. ; Jenness, Samuel ; Riley, Steven ; Melegaro, Alessia ; Ahmed, Faruque ; Malik, Fauzia ; Lopman, Ben A. ; Omer, Saad B.
• Description:
  We measured contact patterns using online diaries for 304 employees of 3 U.S. companies working remotely. The median number of daily contacts was 2 (IQR 1-4); majority were conversation (55 %), occurred at home (64 %) and lasted >4 h (38 %). These data are crucial for modeling outbreak control among the workforces.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Humans Pandemics SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Infectious Diseases Social Contact Patterns Social Contact Surveys Social Mixing
• Source:
  Epidemics. 36:100481
• Pubmed ID:
  34171510
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8419109
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  MC_PC_19012/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/ ; UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 200861/Z/16/Z/WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/ ; MR/J008761/1/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/ ; U01 CK000572/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; MR/R015600/1/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/ ; R01 HD097175/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  36
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e9f00daec264fe83e6d3e639570659ac3eee4e68f9fe1e611824b4e97174f435
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115857/cdc_115857_DS1.pdf
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